Causes of the Am. Rev. FAC

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

• to declare independence from Great Britain

• to establish the Continental Army

• to help Boston pay a steep fine for destroying tea

• to discuss how to get the Intolerable Acts repealed

What did American colonists mean by the slogan “no taxation without representation”?

• The British should not impose a tax to pay for representatives to attend Parliament.

• The British should send representatives to the colonies to explain any new taxes.

• The British should not tax the colonies because the colonies had no representatives in the British Parliament to vote on taxes.

• The British should not impose a tax on the colonies unless the tax represents some benefit to the colonies.

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to declare war on Great Britain

• to establish a democratic form of government for the United States of America

• to declare that the 13 colonies were free and independent states

• to list the reasons for the Revolution

Why did the British government need extra revenue in 1763?

• The colonies could no longer pay their share to protect North America.

• Britain had to recoup the costs of its victory in the French and Indian War.

• Voting rights were expanding in England.

• King George III spent too much money.

Writers of the Declaration of Independence had to edit the original version of the document because

• Some delegates wanted to give more rights to women.

• Some delegates owned enslaved people or supported slavery.

• Some delegates had withdrawn their objections to Britain’s standing army.

• Some delegates refused to list the king's offenses against the colonies.

Why did King George III try to limit contact between the citizens of the British colonies and Native Americans?

• to keep peace on the frontier

• to open better transportation routes

• to protect colonial property rights

• to grant English rights to Native Americans

Why did some colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763?

• They wanted to openly trade with Native Americans.

• They wanted a larger British presence west of the Appalachians.

• They thought the king was restricting their freedom to expand westward.

• They wanted to claim land west of the Appalachians as British territory.

What right did the Intolerable Acts take away from Massachusetts?

• the right of citizens to elect representatives to the bodies that governed them

• the right to free trade with nations other than Britain

• the right of citizens to move to other colonies to look for work

• the right of colonial merchants to trade with Britain and Ireland

What solution to colonial problems did Thomas Paine propose in Common Sense?

• forming a national army

• ejecting all Loyalists from the colonies

• declaring independence from Britain

• printing, publishing, and circulating more petitions