Causes of the American Revolution

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Indians and French
• Colonists and Britain
• Britain and Spain
• Britain and France

All of the following were purposes of the Sons of Liberty EXCEPT 

• to organize colonial resistance
• to show growing dislike of British rule
• to protest the Stamp Act
• to support the efforts of Loyalists to maintain British control over the colonies

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of a border that ran roughly along the 

• Great Lakes
• Atlantic Ocean
• St. Lawrence River
• Appalachian Mountains

As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a series of laws designed to punish Boston and Massachusetts known as___

• the Navigation Acts
•  the Quartering Act
• the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
• the Stamp Act

Which of the following men helped to found the Sons of Liberty? 

• John Locke
• Samuel Adams
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

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.

Why did colonists disguise themselves as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

• They were angry about the Intolerable Acts.

• They were angry about the Sugar Act.

• They were angry about the Tea Act.

• They were angry about the Boston Massacre.

Which of the following reflects the correct order of these events?

• Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party, Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

The French and Indian War cost King George and Great Britain a lot of money. To help pay for the war, the British colonies were ordered to 

• give up their food
• work for free
• become a part of the Army
• pay taxes without representation