Causes of the American Revolution

Why were the colonists OUTRAGED about the Proclamation of 1763?

• It made them move west
• It created a religious divide in the colonies
• It stopped them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
• It did not allow them to move east of the Atlantic Ocean

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

What group emerged to protest the economic policies of Britain?

• Boston Elite
• Sons of Liberty
• Colonial Army
• Gorilla Warfare

Why did Britain start taxing the colonists in 1764?

• Britain was in debt after spending so much money trying to find the lost colonists.

• Britain was in debt after spending so much money on Jamestown after the Starving Time.

• Britain was in debt after winning the French and Indian War.

• Britain was in debt after losing the French and Indian War.

Why did colonists disguise themselves as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

• They were angry about the Intolerable Acts.

• They were angry about the Sugar Act.

• They were angry about the Tea Act.

• They were angry about the Boston Massacre.

Why did Britain pass the Intolerable Acts?

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Massacre.

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

• To punish the colonists for harassing British tax collectors.

• To punish the colonists for the Sugar Act.

Which of the following reflects the correct order of these events?

• French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, French and Indian War

• Proclamation of 1763, French and Indian War, Stamp Act

• French and Indian War, Stamp Act, Proclamation of 1763

Who did the British defeat in the French and Indian War?

• The Colonists and the Native Americans

• The Spanish and the Native Americans

• The French and the Native Americans

• The Colonists and the French

This British law required colonists to provide food and shelter to British Soldiers.

• Quartering Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Coercive Acts

This was the lawmaking body of the British empire.

• Stamp Act Congress

• Parliament

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Confress