Causes of the American Revolution

1. For nearly 150 years, ___________________ ruled over the thirteen colonies.

• France

• Mexico

• England

• Canada

2. England fought a long and expensive war in North America called the __________________________.

• French Revolution

• Spanish and French War

• French and Indian War

• Spanish Revolution

3. When the American colonists did not get to vote on matters that affected the colonists, it was called _______.

• a democracy

• representation in Parliament

• a republic

• taxation without representation

4. The colonists sent a letter of protest to ________________.

• King George II

• Queen Elizabeth

• King George III

• Queen Isabella

5. The __________ Act required colonists to provide food and shelter for British soldiers.

• Stamp

• Townshend

• Quartering

• Currency

6. Colonists formed a secret protest group called the _______.

• Sons of Liberty

• Colonial Protest Group

• Secret Rebels

• Daughters of Freedom

7. In protest of the new laws, colonists boycotted British __________.

• newspapers

• tea

• laws

• soldiers

8. In response to the Boston Tea Party, England shut down what?

• the Boston Highway

• New York Harbor

• the Gulf of Mexico

• Boston Harbor

9. The _________ Act gave England control over the colonists monetary system.

• Stamp

• Townshend

• Quartering

• Currency

10. The Shot Heard Round the World at _______, Massachusetts was the first gunfire of the war.

• Boston

• Delaware

• Lexington

• Virginia