Revolution Causes-Review

Why was the French and Indian War considered the beginning of the American Revolution.

• The debt form the war caused good relations with colonists.

• The debt from the war resulted in a series of unjust taxes.

• The debt from the war was not significant to the revolution.

• The debt from the war was paid for by the French.

What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party?

• The Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

Which law required colonists to house soldiers?

• writs of assistance

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act Congress

What was an effect of the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Harbor was closed.

• The Stamp Act was repealed.

• The Boston massacre took place.

• King George III did not react.

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

• Ohio Valley War

Placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies; forced colonists to pay for an official stamp on paper products

• Tea Act

• Townshend Act

• Paper Act

• Stamp Act

British law that established new taxes on tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint imported into the colonies.

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Paint Act

incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Salem Witch Trials

A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the Tea Act

• Intolerable Act

• Townshend Act

• Incomprehensible Act

• Tolerance Act