Causes of the American Revolution, early years

What law did not allow colonists to move west past the Appalachian Moutains?

• Treaty of Pars, 1763

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

What is the name of the government that makes laws for English citizens and are trying to tax the colonists?

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• English Bill of Rights

• British Parliament

Colonists were angry about

(a)  

Answer explanation

Remember, they are NOT mad about having to pay a tax, they are mad about not having a representative in Parliament

Who were allies with the French in the French and Indian War?

• The Native Americans

• The Colonists

• The British

Who won the French and Indian War

• The French and the Indians

• The Spanish

• The British and the Colonists

Why do the British start taxing the colonists after the French and Indian War?

• England had always taxed them

• Because all citizens have to pay taxes

• because England was in debt

Which law said colonists had to house and feed British soldiers?

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Quartering Act

What word means to take away?

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Levy

• Quarter

Which type of protest was most effective because it hurts the British economy?

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Tar and feathering

• protesting

Which meeting was held in response to the new taxes and is the first time the colonies were unified against England?

• The Continental Congress

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Albany Plan for Union

• The Constitutional Convention