Causes of American Revolution

Why did Britain start taxing the colonists in 1764?

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

• Britain was in debt after spending so much money trying to find the lost colonists.

• Britain was in debt after spending so much money on Jamestown after the Starving Time.

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

Why did colonists disguise themselves as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

• They were angry about the Intolerable Acts.

• They were angry about the Sugar Act.

• They were angry about the Boston Massacre.

• They were angry about the Tea Act.

Why did Britain pass the Intolerable Acts?

• To punish the colonists for harassing British tax collectors.

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

• To punish the colonists for the Sugar Act.

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Massacre.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• The Proclamation gave the colonies their independence

• The Proclamation was a series of taxes

• King George III made the Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of the colonist

What Act placed a tax on all paper items in the colonies?

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

Identify an example of Civil Disobedience:

• Boston Tea Party

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Massacre

Identify the series of laws intended to punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea Party:

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Sugar Act

• The Boston Massacre

Who organized the Boston Tea Party?

• John Adams

• Sons of Liberty

• Boston Leaders

• George Washington

Which Act required colonist to house British soldiers?

• Quartering Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

• wanted to trade freely with foreign nations.

• feared it would provoke attacks from the Native Americans.

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

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion.