Causes of the Revolutionary War

The Proclamation of 1763 was:

• A way for the British to try to stop colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• A way to raise money after the Revolutionary War

• A tax on sugar

• all the answers

Why did King George and Parliament need to raise taxes such as the Stamp Act?

• They wanted the colonists to become angry

• They needed to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War

• They needed to make England richer

• all of the answers

The Quartering Act was:

• A tax on stamps

• The British forced the colonists to house their soldiers without their permission

• a ban on quarters

• A way to avoid war with the French

The Stamp Act:

• A tax on soldiers

• The closing of the Boston Harbor

• The ban on the postal service

• Forced the colonists to buy special tax stamps for official documents

The reason the colonists did not like the Stamp Act was

• It created money problems

• They had no representation in Parliament to okay the tax.

• It made tea cheaper

• all the answers

The Townshend Acts led to:

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Quartering Act

• The repeal of the Stamp Act

• The Boston Massacre

The reason why the Tea Act angered the colonists was:

• It gave the East India Company a monopoly over Tea

• It had the writs of assistance

• It made it illegal to buy British Tea

• It made the Quartering Act stronger

The Tea Act led to:

• The Boston Tea Party

• The writs of assistance

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The French and Indian War

The Boston Tea Party was:

• A fight that broke out in Boston in which five individuals were killed

• Where the British and colonists sat down to discuss issues with the taxes

• The French and Indian War’s first battle

• An event where the Sons of Liberty dressed as Natives and dumped Tea into the Boston Harbor

The Intolerable Acts were passed:

• To help the British pay their debts

• As a punishment to Boston after the Boston Tea Party

• A group of taxes that got rid of the East India Company monopoly

• none of the answers