Causes of the American Revolution

What is mercantilism?

• Wars that start over money.

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

True or False: Under the mercantilism system, colonies were able to trade with other countries to make money.

• True

• False

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries.

What were the two problems that the colonist faced after winning the French and Indian War?

• Debt and Conflict with Natives

• Debt and land

• Conflict with the Natives and having lots of money

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were ENCOURAGED to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Colonists were BANNED from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians.

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations.

• resented it limits it imposed on westward expansion.

What was the famous quote that colonist used to show their lack of representation in Parliament?

• Taxes without representation

• No taxation without representation

• Representation with taxation

In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because —

• Landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade

• American colonists lacked representation in Parliament

• Colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England

Why did Great Britain tax the American colonies?

• The British were in debt from buying too many fidget spinners.
• The British were in debt from fighting the French in a war.
• The British were in looking for money to pave their roads.

Which of the following placed a duty (tax) on tea without the consent of the colonists?

• Townshend Act

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act