Fast and Curious: Causes of the Revolution

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• 
  The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.

• 
  Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.

• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.

• 
  Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?

• They didn't like the type of tea that was shipped to them

• They wanted the ships to leave

• They thought the tea was priced too high

• They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in government

Why did the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

• To protest and fight back against taxes on tea and other items.

• To celebrate 4th of July

• To celebrate their American Revolution victory over the British

• To protest against the Declaration of Independence.

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Parliament

• Loyalists

Great Britain was responsible for making the laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress. What was this group called? 

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Congress

• Parliament

True or False: Mercantalism is the belief that the 13 Colonies existed to give the mother country (england) raw materials and goods

• True

• False

When the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor, this was called the

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Treaty of Paris

The Samp Act was a tax on documents printed on paper

• True

• False

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

• Live free or die

• All men are created equal

• Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

• No taxation without representation

The _______________ were passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

• Navigation Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Acts

• Final Acts