Causes of the American Revolution.2026

The Navigation Acts:

• Taught captains how to sail

• Stated that the colonies could trade wherever they wanted to

• Were laws that required the colonies to trade only with England and set duties (taxes) on some goods

Which of the following choices explains mercantilism?

• Merchants should not have to pay taxes

• The belief that England exists to benefit the colonies

• Practice of creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade

• All of the choices are true

The English Bill of Rights was an act that:

• Increased the powers of the monarchy

• Denied the rights of English citizens

• Increased the powers of Parliament

• All choices are true

Which statement expresses an opinion about the causes of the American Revolution?

• Colonists participated in triangular trade

• The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770

• Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty

• The Quartering Act was a serious violation of the colonists' liberties

The Albany Plan of Union was Benjamin Franklin's plan to:

• Build a better road system in Albany

• Tax the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War

• Unite the colonies against the French

• Unite the newspapers of New York and Pennsylvania

The area in North America that both France and England wanted was:

• Florida

• Ohio River Valley

• Mexico

• None of the above

Who fought each other during the French and Indian War?

• The Spanish and the French

• The English and the Dutch

• The French and the Huron Indians

• The French and the English

The _________________________________ gave the English control of Canada, Florida, and all French lands east of the Mississippi River, except the city of New Orleans.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Paris, 1763

• Great Peace

• Enlightenment

The reason the British government did not want the American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains was:

• The British government was afraid the colonists would adopt Indian ways of living.

• It was becoming very expensive for the British government to pay for troops to protect the colonists from the Indians.

• The British government was afraid the colonists would get lost.

• None of the statements is true.

What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?

• The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas.

• French colonies expanded west of the Appalachians.

• Native American Indians were given lands west of the Appalachians.

• England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debts.