Causes of the American Revolution

The French and Indian War was very _______________ for the British.

• cheap

• expensive

• long

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

• British

• colonists

• Spain

The Colonists were happy about paying the tax.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The colonists hope that the tax would be taken away, or ____________

• repealed

• lost

• given

• refocused

2. King ________________________________ wanted the colonists to pay for damages caused by rioting and the price of printing millions of now worthless stamps.

• GEORGE III

• HENRY

What types of news did the Committees of Correspondence share?

• how King George III was a great ruler

• info and news about what their colonies were doing to resist the British and their unfair policies

• directions on how to create a printing press

• laws and documents of how the colonies became the United States

What did the Townshend Acts do?

• put a restriction on storage

• give everyone a curfew

• tax all imports

• color the town

Who was a patriot who helped warn colonists that the British were coming?

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• George Washington

The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Trenton

Who won the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the end?

• The English soldiers
• No one won 
• The minutemen