Causes of American Revolution

This British law did not allow settlers to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts
• Proclamation of 1763

Which of the following is a reason why Britain issued the "Intolerable Acts"?

• To punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

• To promote trade between Britain and the colonies.
• To fend off the French invasion.

• To encourage the American colonists to pay their taxes.

The Stamp Act was a new tax on which product?

• Tea
• Cotton
• Glass
• paper products

10,000 British troops remained in the colonies after the French & Indian War for what purpose?

• To put down protests in the colonies.

• To protect colonists from Native American attacks.

• To assist with trade and economic development.

• To maintain control and enforce the British policies.

Colonists were opposed to being taxed because.....

• They were broke.

• The colonists did not have representation in Parliament (No taxation without representation).

• The colonists did not fight in the French and Indian War.

• They already paid high taxes.

Which of the following was NOT a violent way the Sons of Liberty protested British taxes?

• Boycott

• Burning an effigy

• Tarring and Feathering

• Destroying property

Which of the following was taxed under the Townshend Acts?

• Glass

• Paper

• Tea

• Paint

• Lead

The Declaratory Act stated that Britain had full authority over the American colonies.

• True

• False

What did the Quartering Act do?

• The Quartering Act required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.
• The Quartering Act was when the British took all the quarters from Americans.

• The Quartering Act was a tax on coffee.

• The Quartering Act allowed colonists to refuse to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.

What was the Boston Massacre?

• A celebration held in Boston to commemorate the end of the Revolutionary War
• A peaceful protest by American colonists against British soldiers
• A negotiation between American colonists and British soldiers to resolve conflicts
• A confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists resulting in the death of five colonists.