Causes of the American Revolution

After the French and Indian War, Parliament passed new laws for the colonies. These laws were passed because Britain

• was afraid the French would support the colonies.

• was afraid many of the colonists would return to Britain.

• needed the colonists to help pay for the war.

• wanted the Native Americans to return to their lands.

Which phrase became popular after the passage of the Stamp and Sugar Acts?

• The rights of Englishmen

• Give me liberty or give me death

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• No taxation without representation

What does 'taxation without representation' mean?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government

• When people are taxed twice on the same item

• When some people are taxed while others are not

• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

This act allowed the British East India Co. to sell tea directly to the colonists, effectively giving them a monopoly. American merchants could have been wiped out.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

To protest the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty organized the ...

• Boston Massacre

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

Which document stated that the colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

• Charter of 1732

When people protest by refusing to buy a certain product, what is it called?

• Boycott

• Rebellion

• Colonist

• Tax

Which of the following was the first tax placed on the colonists in order to pay for the war?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Coffee Act

The following were punishments on Boston under which law?
* Charter was cancelled
* Harbor closed
* Governor had to approve meetings

• The Townshend Acts

• The Boston Massacre

• The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

• The Proclamation of 1763

Which law taxed imports to the colonies and allowed writs of assistance, which in turn permitted British officials to search colonial property without a warrant?

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act