Causes of the American Revolution

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists can only move west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists can only move west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Colonists cannot move west of the Rocky Mountains

• Colonists cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountains

What problem did winning the French and Indian War cause for the British?

• They lost their land in America.
• They gained more land in America.
• They owed a lot of money.
• They lost all of their trade partners.

Which of the following was passed by the British government to tax everything made of paper in the colonies?

• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act

What happened in the Boston Massacre?

• Colonists killed King George.
• Colonists were killed by British soldiers.
• Colonists threw British tea into the Boston Harbor
• Boston Harbor was shutdown.

Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This caused colonists to protest in the form of the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists gave dinners to support the sale of the tea. 
• Colonists dressed as Indians destroyed British tea. 
• Colonists bought tea from other countries. 
• Colonists started growing their own tea. 

What was the first cause or event that eventually led to the American Revolution?

• French and Indian War

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Slavery

Why did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?

• Angered the colonists because they couldn't move West of the Appalachian  Mountains
• Angered the colonists because they didn't want to pay a tax on stamps
• Left France in a war debt that caused them to tax the colonists
• Left Britain in a war debt that caused them to tax the colonists

Why were colonists angered by the Stamp Act?

• taxes were extremely high and colonist could not pay
• didn't believe in taxes without representation in the British Government
• Wanted to move West of the Appalachian Mountains
• restricted colonial trade with American Indians 

British colonist objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they- 

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians 
• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France 
• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations 

Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is a great example of what type of protesting?

• boycotts
• propaganda
• civil disobedience
• petition