Causes to the American Revolution

What was one of the results of the French and Indian War?

• It was the only cause to the American Revolution

• It gave British colonies more freedom

• It marked the end of French power in North America

• It destroyed the American Indian alliance

Why did the British want to expand their control into the Ohio River Valley in the mid-1700s?

• to force the French out of North America

• to put French settlers there under English rule

• to demonstrate Britain's strength to France and Spain

• to gain access to the region's natural resources

What event led to the first shots being fired at the battles of Lexington and Concord?

• The attempt by the British to seize colonial weapons

• The rejection of the Olive Branch petition by KGIII

• The writing and public reading of the Declaration of Independence

• The blockade of the port of Boston by the British navy

Why did the king of England start taxing the colonists?

• He wanted more money to make England look better

• He needed money to pay for the debt of the French and Indian War

• He needed money to pay for sending soldiers to Boston during the Coercive Acts

• He did not like the colonists and wanted to make them look bad

Which of the following would have been taxed as a result of the Stamp Act?

• tea

• playing cards

• cloth

• hats

Who would have said "No taxation without representation?"

• Loyalist

• the King of England

• a tax collector

• a Patriot

What was the Tea Act?

• It taxed all paper goods, such as books, newspapers, and playing cards

• It created a monopoly so that tea was actually cheaper but colonists could only buy from the British East India Company

• It closed the port of Boston and took away all of the government leaders

• It was a meeting where colonists discussed the actions of the king

What was Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party?

• the Stamp Act

• the Coercive Acts (or Intolerable Acts)

• Native Americans were forced west

• the King officially granted the colonists separation

The purpose of the Quartering Act was to require colonists to

• pay the salaries of the British soldiers

• buy only goods found in Britain

• provide housing and supplies to the British soldiers

• stop making their own coins and use the British goods instead

The term "Mercantilism" refers to:

• a policy where a county's colonies must trade only with them and provide the mother country with it's raw materials

• a belief that merchants should set the taxes required by the

• a series of taxes placed on the colonists by the British

• King George's response to the Boston Tea Party