Causes of the American Revolution

1. The British ______ made laws for all British people.

• king

• Parliament

• colonists

• courts

1. American colonists were asked to cover the

cost of the French and Indian War by paying _____.

• the monarch

• refunds

• taxes

1. The Sugar Act angered many colonists because

it required them to pay a _____ on goods brought into

the colonies.

• tax

• quarter

• Knight Note

1. Colonists who supported the actions of the British

government were known as _____.

• neutral

• loyalist

• patriot

1. Many colonists were against the Stamp Act because

it was an example of taxation without _____.

• a vote

• a paw

• representation

1. Many colonists protested the Sugar Act with a _____ of

British goods.

• buyout

• boycott

• bungalo

• band

1. The Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea with an

action that later became known as the ______.

• Boston Massacre

• Committee of Correspondence

• Liberty Bell

• Boston Tea Party

1. Colonists in Massachusetts felt that to ______, or provide housing for, British soldiers was intolerable.

• hotel

• host

• quarter

• boycott

1. _______ were members of the Massachusetts militia who

were always ready to defend the colony.

• Minutemen

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• Regulars

A _____________ is when the government of a nation is taken over by force and is replaced with a new one. 

• tax
• fight
• war
• revolution