Road to Revolution (Causes of the American Revolution)

Which of the following best explains why the French and Indian War resulted in conflicts between England and its colonies, leading to the American Revolution?

• The size of the colonies more than doubled

• England refused to protect its colonies

• England try to recover from its debt by taxing the colonies

• England gave defeated French soldiers citizenship and land

This was an act of Parliament which banned colonial settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

This was an act of British Parliament which put an import tax on goods brought into the colonies, such as molasses.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

An act of British Parliament which required colonists to house British troops and provide them with food and other

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

An act of British Parliament that required all colonists to buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities such as newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

This were legal documents that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.

• Writs of Assistance

• Tea Act

• Quebec Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

An act of British Parliament that taxed but also lowered the price of tea in the colonies. It also forced the colonists to buy only tea made by the British East India Company.

• Writs of Assistance

• Tea Act

• Quebec Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

4 laws passed by British Parliament that closed the port of Boston, increased the power of Royal Governor in the colonies, abolished Massachusetts legislature, and cut the powers of citizens at town meetings.

• Writs of Assistance

• Tea Act

• Quebec Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

Set up a government for Canada and gave religious freedom to French Catholics while extending borders to include the land between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers

• Writs of Assistance

• Tea Act

• Quebec Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party