Causes of American Revolution

The __________________________ was an act passed in 1773 which gave East India Tea Company a monopoly & raised the tax on tea.

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

The ___________________________ was a 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Massachusetts Tea Part

• American Revolution

The __________________________ was a series of laws were very harsh laws that intended to make Massachusetts pay for its resistance. It also closed down the Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Coercive Acts

The __________________________________ was a secret society formed to oppose British Policies.

• 1st Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• House of Burgesses

• Boston Tea Party

The _________________________ was a law that taxed paper goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

• Paper Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

The ____________________________ was a law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains 

• Coercive Act

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts

The _________________________ was were delagates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence.

• Sons of Liberty

• 1st Continental Congress

• House of Burgesses

• Boston Tea Party

The ______________________ was a tax on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses. colonists avoided the tax by smuggling and by bribing tax collectors.

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

The ________________________ was a law that placed a tax on glass, tea paint, paper, and other necessities.

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

The ______________________ required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act