Causes of the American Revolution Homework

___ and ___ fought against each other in the French and Indian War.

• French and Indians

• Britain and France

• Britain and Indians

• France and Belgium

What land were the British and French fighting for?

• Ohio River Valley

• Canada

• British 13 colonies

• All of the above

British Parliament (government that creates laws) passed a law that placed a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, and all printed materials. Which act was this called?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

The ________________________________ was a communication network designed to share information about British threats to American liberties.

• Committees of Correspondence

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• First Continental Congress

In 1767, Parliament passed the _________________________ which put a tax on imported goods such as glass, paint, lead, and tea.

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

In 1773, Parliament passed the ____________________ giving the British East India Company complete control over tea sales in the colonies. Colonies could only buy tea from Great Britain.

• Tea Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

What is the Quartering Act?

• Colonists were forced to pay their taxes in quarters

• Colonists were forced to provide food and housing to British soldiers

• Colonists must pay their taxes weekly at a quarter to 5pm

• Colonists would pay soldiers in quarters

Why were the colonists OUTRAGED about the Proclamation of 1763?

• It made them move west
• It created a religious divide in the colonies
• It stopped them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
• It did not allow them to move east of the Atlantic Ocean

Why did Britain start taxing the colonists in 1764?

• Britain was in debt after spending so much money trying to find the lost colonists.

• Britain was in debt after spending so much money on Jamestown after the Starving Time.

• Britain was in debt after winning the French and Indian War.

• Britain was in debt after losing the French and Indian War.

Who did the British defeat in the French and Indian War?

• The Colonists and the Native Americans

• The Spanish and the Native Americans

• The French and the Native Americans

• The Colonists and the French