Causes of the Revolution

What did the Tea Act impose a tax on?

• Printed materials

• Tea

• Income

• Property

Match the following

• Colonist wanting freedom from Britain

• Loyalist

• British soldier

• Red Coat

• Colonist wanting to stay with Britain

• Patriot

Because the Navigation Acts were so strictly enforced, the colonies did not ever trade with other countries.

• True
• False
• Not enough information
• Irrelevant

Which British document limited the power of the King?

• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Constitution

An economic practice where the mother country benefits from its colonies natural resources is called

• Globalization
• Imperialism
• Colonialism
• Mercantilism

The Sugar Act set a tax on

• Sugar and molasses imported into the colonies
• Sugar produced within the colonies
• All sweet foods and drinks
• All imported goods

The Navigation Acts said colonists could only

• Trade with any country
• Trade with Spain
• Trade with France
• Trade with England

The Quartering Act said colonists

• had to provide housing for British soldiers
• were free from British rule
• could not trade with other countries
• were required to pay taxes without representation

The Declaratory Act said

• The Declaratory Act said that the British Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies in all cases.
• The Declaratory Act said that the American colonies had the right to tax and make decisions for the British Parliament in all cases.
• The Declaratory Act said that the British Parliament had no right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies in all cases.
• The Declaratory Act said that the American colonies had no right to tax and make decisions for the British Parliament in all cases.

The Tea Act

• Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies
• Made tea drinking illegal in the colonies
• Increased the tax on tea in the colonies
• Required the colonies to only drink coffee