American Revolution Taxes and Beginning

How did the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts encourage American colonists to consider revolution against British rule?

• by representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies

• by increasing conflict between the colonists and neighboring Indian tribes.

• by revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent

• by raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament

The French-Indian/Seven Years War is often viewed by historians as being a factor in causing the American Revolution. Which of these BEST explains why this might be the case?

• The Indians believed the colonists would return seized lands to them

• The British were able to defeat the French in North America, Asia, and at sea

• The high cost of the war meant Parliament had to create new taxes in the American colonies

• The French were never truly expelled and played a large role in stirring-up colonial discontent

Why were Colonists angered by the new taxes placed on the colonies following the French and Indian War

• They believed their taxes were being wasted by King George III

• They felt that they should have representation in Parliament

• The issue of taxing colonists had never before been raised

• The British policy of Salutary Neglect was being enforced

After winning the French & Indian War, Great Britain passed the Proclamation of 1763 which made the colonists angry because

• it took away their representation in Parliament.

• it forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.

• it passed a tax on items such as newspapers, wills and contracts.

• it did not allow them to settle on land west of the Appalachian mountains

Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by

• enacting a new set of taxes known as the Townshend Acts.

• "tarring and feathering" the colonial leaders of Boston.

• rounding up suspected participants and sending them to Australia

• enacting a series of restrictive measures known as the Intolerable Acts

What is the name of the acts that were passed after the Boston Tea Party? 

• Townshend Acts 
• Intolerable Acts
• Navigation Acts
• Stamp Act 

Why were the colonists upset with Parliament and the king about the taxes?

• no representation
• taxes too high
• Boston Massacre
• Proclamation of 1763

The Sons of Liberty were:

• the children of our Founding Fathers.
• a professional dance team.
• Patriots who protested taxes.
• the writers of the Declaration of the Independence.

"No ________ without representation"

• voting
• taxation
• rights
• liberty poles

What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?

• to punish merchants for selling imported tea.
• to see who could throw a barrel further.
• to frame the Native Americans.
• to protest taxes