Causes of the American Revolution

What did the Proclamation Line of 1763 declare?

• Colonists could not hunt beyond the line.

• Colonists stay on the east side of the line, Indians stay to the west of the line.

• Indians and colonists could not trade with one another.

• The land would be controlled by Indians.

What action did the British take as a result of the French and Indian War to make it easier to manage the American colonies?

• They banned the spread of slavery into the Northwest Territories.

• They took control over the Massachusetts colonial government.

• They prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• They seized control over shipping in Boston Harbor.

Why did American colonists grow angry with Parliament after the French and Indian War?

• Parliament made laws opening more lands to settlement.

• Parliament abolished the policy that British citizens could trade with any country.

• Parliament passed more laws that directly affected the colonies.

• Parliament decreed all British citizens must serve in either the army or navy.

Of the concepts listed, which was the MOST significant cause of American discontent with British control?

• too many new immigrants

• availability of labor

• religious freedom

• taxation without representation

Which opinion is expressed in the headline?

• Colonists considered new taxes unfair.

• Parliament lacked the authority to levy taxes.

• Parliament wanted more representation.

• Colonists refused to pay any taxes to Britain.

What impact did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense have in the colonies during 1776?

• It caused many colonists to demand Paine’s trial and conviction.

• It forced King George III to repeal all taxes in colonial regions.

• It supported arguments of Loyalists living in the colonies.

• It contributed to increased support for independence from England.

What was the function of the Declaration of Independence?

• to announce to the world the American colonies’ reasons for separation from England

• to demand representation in Parliament for the American colonies

• to claim new territory for American colonists

• to establish a government for the American colonies

Which of the following laws put a tax on all printed items?

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Tea Act

• The Townshend Act

• The Stamp Act

Which organization was created to protest against unfair taxation in the American colonies?

• The First Continental Congress

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Federalists

• The T.E.A. Party

How did the Daughters of Liberty contribute to the cause of American independence?

• They took up weapons and fought in the continental army.

• They trick the British army into eating food that was poisoned.

• They organized boycotts of goods produced in England.

• They built weapons used by the continental army.