Causes of the American Revolution Review

Why did the colonists object to these measures?

• They no longer respected the rule of law.

• They wanted to elect their own representatives to Parliament.

• They were already taxed even more heavily than people living in Great Britain.

• They objected to taxes that were imposed without their consent or representation.

What was the significance or importance of the stamp on the colonial newspaper?

• It demonstrated that Parliament ignored the colonists’ media communications.

• It demonstrated that Parliament controlled the colonists’ press outlets.

• It represented the colonists’ opposition to English tax policies.

• It represented the colonists’ fulfillment of English tax policies

Which action did the colonists use this cartoon to support?

• Declaring independence from the British monarchy.

• Declaring loyalty to the British monarchy.

• Dissolving colonial legislatures.

• Dissolving colonial charters.

Which document completes the following chart?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

Which set of acts closed the Boston Harbor, stopped colonists from assembling, and suspended colonists right to trial by jury and were the final set of acts that colonists could not tolerate?

• The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

• The Quartering Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Revenue Act

Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act, which taxed goods such as newspapers and playing cards?

• The colonists established a blockade against British goods.

• The colonists were able to produce their own goods.

• The colonists started destroying British

  goods.

• The colonists began boycotting British goods.

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“