Causes of the Revolution

The American Revolution was between

• French & the Native Americans

• British & the Colonists

• Spain & Australia

He imposed (forced) taxes unfairly on the colonists.

• King George III

• Benedict Arnold

• George Washington

The Stamp Act put taxes on_____________

• tea & coffee

• dice, cards, newspapers,..

• cars & motorcycles

The event that happened on March 5, 1770 between the British soldiers and unarmed colonists; where 5 colonists died.

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Stamp Act

What was the significance of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense?

• It presented a convincing case for independence, using plain language.

• It counteracted the Great Awakening by arguing against religion.

• It clearly described how increased trade could benefit the colonies.

• It considered early arguments against using slave labor in America.

How did the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts encourage American colonists to consider revolution against British rule?

• by representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies

• by increasing conflict between the colonists and neighboring Indian tribes.

• by revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent

• by raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament

Why did American colonists resent British taxes?

• American colonists were unhappy that the high taxes were keeping the nobility in luxury.

• Unlike American colonists, people who lived in Great Britain did not have to pay any duties .

• Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.

• Great Britain did not offer the American colonists any protection from the French and the Indians.

What event accounts for the decrease in French territory illustrated by these maps?

• the American Revolution

• the French and Indian War

• the French Revolution

• the Napoleonic Wars

A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• Stamp Act Congress

• Committees of Correspondence

Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party

• Tea Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act