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. 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. Parliament ____ the Stamp Act when it heard that nine

of the colonies sent representatives to the

Stamp Act Congress

• doubled

• tripled

• quadrupled

• repealed

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

Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?

• opposition to British tax policies

• Desire for greater religious freedom

• Fear of attacks by American Indians

• Increasing immigration from countries other than Britain

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

• Live free or die

• All men are created equal

• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

• No taxation with representation