Causes of the American Revolution

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

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

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

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

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

• England and the Colonies

• England and France

• England and the Native Americans

• England and Spain

What Act gave the British East India Company a monopoly?

• The Tea Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar ACt

Who organized the Boston Tea Party?

• Sons of Liberty

• George Washington

• Boston Leaders

• John Adams

Which Act states that parliament has supreme authority to govern the colonies?

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Act

• Stamp Act

• Declaratory Act