Causes of the Revolutionary War

What hands-off policy did England have towards it's colonies prior to the French and Indian War?

• Laissez-faire

• Declaratory Policy

• Salutary neglect

• Writs of Assistance

What was the French and Indian War fought for? 

• The French were fighting the Indians over dominance of the fur trade

• There was gold in the area that the two sides were fighting over.

• Land: The Ohio River Valley

• There never was a French and Indian War.

Many colonists ignored this and moved west of the Appalachian Mountains anyway. 

• The Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of 1763

• The Declaratory Act

• The Quebec Act

Why was Great Britain so insistent on collecting taxes from the colonies when they had never done that before?

• King George felt like the colonists were spoiled brats.

• Great Britain's tax revenue drastically decreased and they were trying to make up the difference.

• They were in massive debt from the French and Indian War.

• Parliament wanted a pay raise so they looked to the colonies for additional money to pay for it.

This act was never enforced. The colonies were at war with England within a year after they were passed. 

• The Sugar Act

• The Quebec Act

• The Tea Act

• The Townshend Acts

Which of the following was NOT an impact of the Colonial Currency Act?

• Many businesses went into bankruptcy.

• Great Britain took all of the Colonial Currencies and gave the colonies British pounds to use instead.

• Colonists continued to trade with the French and Spanish. Smuggling provided the colonies with the silver and gold they needed.

• Colonial governments could no longer print money, only gold and silver could be used.

Which act restricted trade with the French and Spanish and made the colonists import molasses from the British West Indies? (But the British didn't have enough to meet the demand.) 

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Molasses Act

• The Townshend Acts

Which act required the colonists to provide housing, food and supplies for British troops?

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Townshend Acts

This act placed a tax on items like paint, glass, lead, paper and tea. 

• The Sugar Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Quebec Act

The colonists were able to effectively organize themselves to fight this act. They formed a congress in 1765, where 9 of the 13 colonies sent delegates. Colonial merchants agreed that as long as the act existed, they would boycott British made goods. 

• The Sugar Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Quebec Act