Causes of The American Revolution

After the French and Indian War, Parliament passed new laws for the colonies. These laws were passed because Britain

• was afraid the French would support the colonies.
• was afraid many of the colonists would return to Britain.
• needed the colonists to help pay for the war. 
• wanted the Native Americans to return to their lands. 

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. 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. The fighting between the colonists and the British

army that took place in the towns of Lexington

and ______ marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

• Boston

• Concord

• Philadelphia

• New York

During the years before the American Revolution, some colonists formed a group that wanted independence. This group was called the 

• Grange.
• Sons of Liberty.
• Green Mountain Boys.
• Regulators.

Women also helped support the move for independence by creating homespun and boycotting British goods. They were known as the _______.

• Women's club

• Daughters of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Women of America

The Stamp Act forced the colonists to purchase a stamp for very paper item they purchased or used. 

• True
• False

The Boston Tea Party was a peaceful meeting between the British and the colonists to discuss problems. 

• True
• False