Unit 5 Causes of the American Revolution RECAP

Why did England start placing taxes on the colonies?

• To pay the cost for new buildings

• To show colonists who is in charge

• To build roads in the Ohio River Valley

• To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War

Which phrase become popular among colonists in response to England imposing taxes?

• “No taxation without representation”

• “The rights of Englishmen”

• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

• “Give me liberty or give me death”

What territory were the British and French fighting over during the French and Indian War?

• Texas

• Ohio Valley

• New Jersey

• Virginia

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

• the colonists were not upset; they agreed to the taxes

• because the taxes were only for the rich people

• because they had no representatives in Parliament

• because the taxes came from France

.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

The French and Indian war was fought between _____ and _____.

• England and the Colonies

• England and France

• England and the Native Americans

• England and Spain

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A group of loyalists who protested the Patriots

• The name given to Parliament by the colonists

• A group of women who gave water to men during battle

• A group of patriots who organized the Boston Tea Party

What does it mean to boycott something?

Great Britain had an enormous ____ after the French and Indian War.

• debt

• land

• taxes

• boycott

British colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indains

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• resent the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations