Causes of the American Revolution Review

Who was fighting in the French and Indian War?

• French and Spanish

• British/Colonists/Native Americans and French/Native Americans

• Colonists vs British

Why were people fighting in the French and Indian War?

• they wanted freedom

• They wanted to control the mountains

• They wanted land and control of the Ohio River Valley

What was the French fighting style?

• hiding and surprise attacks

• marching in a line, being loud

• fighting from the tops of trees

What was the British fighting style?

• Hiding/surprise attacks

• marching in a line and being loud

• running away

Who won the French and Indian War?

• The British

• The French

The Proclamation of 1763 told the colonists, they could not cross the...

• river

• mountains

By not allowing the colonists to cross the mountains, this meant...

• The King would get rich off trade in the colonies

• The Native Americans had to stay in the mountains

• the colonists would be separate from the Native Americans and would help prevent future wars

Why were the colonists not happy about the Proclamation of 1763?

• they wanted to move and some already had land on the other side of the mountains

• the colonists didn't think it was fair that the Native Americans got more land than they did

The British government needed to pay off their war debt so they began to ____ the colonists unfairly.

• arrest

• tax

What tax acts were put in place by King George?

• Sugar Act, Duck Act, Townsend Acts

• Sugar Act, Rice Act, Stamp Act

• Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townsend Act