Causes of the American Revolution

1. What is the name of the war where the French fought the English over the Ohio River Valley?

• a. Civil War

• b. French and Indian War

• c. Revolutionary War

• d. War of the World

2. Who won the French and Indian War?

• a. France and the Native Americans

• b. England and the Colonists

• c. France and the Colonists

• d. England and France

3. After the _________________________, England began to tax the 13 colonies

• a. Tea Act

• b. Stamp Act

• c. French and Indian War

• d. Boycott

4. Why did King George III make colonist start paying new taxes?

• a. England believed the colonists should repay their debt after the French and Indian War

• b. The king needed new shoes

• c. The British wanted to make a new Navy

• d. France wanted to build a new castle

5. One of the first Acts after the French and Indian War that placed a tax on all important papers was the __________________________.

• a. Tax Act

• b. Tea Act

• c. Paper Act

• d. Stamp Act

6. How did the colonists react to the new taxes forced on them by King George III?

• a. Moved back to England

• b. Moved North

• c. They Boycotted and Rebelled

• d. Thanked the British troops for their service

7. The colonists cried, “______________” because they did not have a voice in Parliament.

• a. Duty free lunch!

• b. No Taxation without Representation!

• c. Common Sense!

• d. More taxes now!

8. The _______________ taxed goods such as glass, tea, paint, and lead.

• a. Stamp Act

• b. Tea Act

• c. Sugar Act

• d. Townshend Acts

9. What violent act occurred on March 5, 1770 and led to 5 colonists being killed when the Redcoats fired into a crowd?

• a. Boston Massacre

• b. Intolerable Acts

• c. Boston Tea Party

• d. French and Indian War

10. What was the name of the company that had the rights to sell tea in the colonies after the Tea Act?

• a. Tetley Tea Company

• b. British East India Company

• c. Sons of Liberty

• d. Lipton Tea Party