Ch. 7 Causes of the Revolution

Britain and France fought for control of

• the Mississippi River.

• the Ohio River Valley.

• Albany, New York.

• the Appalachian Mountains.

The Indians were an ally of the

• Canadians.

• British.

• Mexicans.

• French.

What land did Britain control after the war?

• Canada and most of the land west of the Mississippi River

• Canada and the Mississippi River

• Canada and most of the land east of the Mississippi River

• Canada and the land south of the Mississippi River

At the end of the French and Indian war, Britain and France sighed the

• Treaty of Paris.

• Albany Plan of the Union.

• Declaration of Independence.

• Proclamation of 1763.

Britain mad the Proclamation of 1763 to avoid fighting with the

• French.

• congress.

• colonists.

• Indians.

Many colonists didn't want to pay taxes because

• they had a lot of money.

• they thought the taxes were too low.

• they had no say in making tax laws.

• they didn't have any money.

The Daughter of Liberty stopped buying British goods and

• attacked tax collectors.

• made their own cloth.

• burned governments officials' homes.

• bought goods from other countries.

At the Stamp Act Congress, colonists decided that

• they would pay the Stamp Act.

• it was fair for them to hep pay for the war.

• only colonial governments should tax the colonies.

• they would end the boycotts on British goods.

Why did some merchants smuggle goods into the colonies?

• They didn't want to pay taxes on the goods.

• They could sell smuggled goods faster.

• They paid more for smuggled goods.

• It was easier than shipping goods out of the colonies.

Why did the British keep the tax on tea?

• Britain thought colonist drank a lot of tea.

• Britain knew colonists didn't grow tea.

• Britain didn't want to make the colonists angry.

• Britain wanted to prove it could still tax the colonies.