Causes of American Revolution Part 1

What caused the French and Indian War?

• The Indians wanted the French to leave Louisiana.
• The French and Indians wanted to move into the thirteen colonies.
• The French and British settlers both wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley.

What were the effects of Britain helpig the colonists during the war?

• They won the war against France, but also took on a large amount of debt.
• Britain ran out of food, so everyone had to move to the colonies.
• The French became allies with Britain.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• It was a rule stating that all Puritans had to move to Maine.
• It was King George's rule that all colonists had to pay taxes on imported sugar.
• It was a rule by King George stating that colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

What was the main reason Britain began taxing the colonists?

• to pay for the debt from the French and Indian War
• to build new roads through the Ohio River Valley
• to support the development of new towns in Vermont

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

• that colonists could not tax the British because Parliament was in England
• that Britain should not be able to tax the colonists since the colonists did not have a voice in British Parliament
• that coloists needed to receive a bill before they would pay their taxes

How did the colonists avoid paying taxes on items such as sugar and coffee?

• They stole sugar from British soldiers.
• Smugglers would sneak the items over for colonists to buy.
• They paid with fake money.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• a traveling group of men who brought the Statue of Liberty over from France
• a group of men who protested the taxes set by the British Parliament
• the sons of George Washington and Samuel Adams

Once the Stamp Act was repealed, what did Britain do to replace the money earned from it?

• They introduced the Townshend Act to replace it.
• They started a trade route with Finland.
• Parliament began putting on monthly concerts for the colonists.

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

France won the French and Indian War.

• True

• False