American Revolution

the ability to govern oneself

• representation

• independence

• representative

• dept

money owed to someone else

• representation

• independence

• taxes

• debt

money paid to the government

• representation

• independence

• boycott

• taxes

to refuse to buy or participate in something - usually as a protest

• representation

• independence

• boycott

• debt

when someone speaks on behalf of someone else or a group of people

• representation

• independence

• boycott

• debt

placed a tax on sugar and molasses

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris

when British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists and 5 colonists died

• The Stamp Act

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Proclamation of 1763

when colonists dressed as Native Americans, boarded British ships, and dumped British tea overboard

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

Which of the following were causes of the American Revolution?

• Proclamation of 1763

• "No Taxation without Representation"

• Slavery

• Treaty of Paris

• Boston Massacre

this document explained the colonists reasons for being angry with the British government and how they wanted their government to run

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763