Causes of the American Revolution

What was the war that happened BEFORE the American Revolution?

• French & British War

• British & Indian War

• French & Indian War

• World War II

What did King George III and Great Britain need after the French & Indian War?

• a break

• a shower

• dinner

• money

The colonists thought that the taxes imposed on them by Great Britain were not fair. They called this _______.

• not fair

• taxation without representation

• against the law

• not helpful

Three of those tax laws imposed on the colonists were ______.

• Sugar Act, Tea Act, and Coffee Act

• Sugar Act, Stamp Tax, and Cookie Tax

• Sugar Act, Townshend Acts, and Smith Act

• Sugar Act, Stamp Act, & Townshend Acts

The Sugar Act taxed _______.

• Sugar, cookies, and cake

• Sugar, coffee, and indigo

• Sugar, indigo, and scarlet

• Sugar, coffee, and tea

The Stamp Act imposed taxes on _______.

• stamps

• newspapers

• tea

• anything printed on paper

The Townshend Acts imposed taxes on __________.

• tea

• paper

• lead

• all of the above

What is the event that occurred when British soldiers fired into the crowd and killed 5 colonists?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

Crispus Attucks was ________.

• a British soldier

• first African American killed in the American Revolution

• first African American killed by the colonists

• a colonist who wanted to stay loyal to Britain

What was the event where colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships, and threw 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Event

• Boston Harbor

• Boston Tea Party