Causes of the Revolution Quick Check

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• Forbade colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from living east of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from travelling along the Mississippi River

• Forbade colonists from trading with the British

What is a boycott?

• A violent protest

• A written request

• Refusal to buy or use goods and service

• A product the British made better than anyone else

What did the Townshend Acts do?

• Placed taxes on medical treatments

• Placed taxes on homes and businesses

• Placed taxes on paper

• Placed taxes on things like lead, glass, paint, and tea

What did the Quartering Act do?

• Charged every colonist a quarter a day to eat

• Required colonists to provide food, housing, and supplies to British troops

• Required colonists to build quarters, or housing, for the British troops

• Required British troops to rebuild any and all homes that were destroyed during the war

What did the Stamp Act do?

• This was not an actual law that was passed

• Taxed newspapers, pamphlets, stamps in the Colonies

• Tax on sugar

• Required farmers to "stamp", or label, their livestock and equipment

What does it mean to repeal something?

• Approve

• Cancel

• Extend

• Fight

Who were the main participants opposing each other in the French and Indian War?

• Spain versus France and Native Americans

• Native Americans versus France

• Britain and Native Americans versus France

• Britain versus France and Native Americans

England (King George) decided to do what to cover the large war debt from the French and Indian War?

• Raise taxes in Britain only.

• Tax the colonists.

• Sell military weapons to other countries to raise money.

• Make the French pay for the debt.

Mercantilism allows trade between

• all free countries

• only countries who sign agreement

• only between a Mother Country and a colony

• colonies to other colonies

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
• The colonists had no representation in Parliament
• The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
• The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy