Causes of the American Revolution

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Britain and France

• Britain and Spain

• Colonists and Britain

• Indians and French

Who was the King during the American Revolution?

• King Authur

• King Edward

• King George III

• King Charles II

This secret organization formed in order to protest the Stamp act and later protested many acts imposed on the colonists.

• Congress

• Sons Of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Parliment

This tax was made for all paper products that the colonists bought from the British.

• Quarter Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

Why did the British begin taxing the colonists in 1764?

• The colonists were making too much money and they were jealous.

• The colonists asked them if they could pay more taxes.

• Britain was in debt after winning the French and Indian War.

• It was a social experiment.

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 and were the only people being taxed

• because the taxes came from France

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”

The army of the Thirteen Colonies in the Revolutionary-era United States

• Red Coats

• Continental Army

• minutemen

• British Army

A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the King and the British (England's) cause.

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Englishman

• Traitor