Causes of the American Revolution Quiz

Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in order to punish Boston for the Tea Party by

• passing more taxes and harsher laws

• allowing the Indians to take their lands back

• let the French Empire invade

• closed the Boston Harbor, lost their right to self-govern and strengthened the Quartering act

What is the main idea of this illustration?

• The colonists were restricted by the laws passed by the British government.

• The King of England wanted the colonists to have a greater voice in government.

• King George III put many American colonists in stocks.

• Repeal of unpopular laws was the only way out of the stocks.

In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts

• ended trade within the colonies

• forced Britain to remove most troops

• kept out products from other European nations

• caused economic hardships for British merchants

The colonists complained about having to pay British taxes while not being allowed to vote for members of the British Parliament. Which of the following quotations best expresses their complaint?

• Give me liberty or give me death.

• Taxation without representation is tyranny

• These are the times that try men's souls

• Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes

(colonists, British) believed that all colonial citizens and governments were subject to the British Crown and Parliament.

Using Source 4, which is most likely ways that colonists opposed British policies? (Select three correct answers.)

• Boston Sons of Liberty protested British policies

• Petitions were sent to Parliament declaring the colonists could not be taxed without their consent.

• Colonial newspapers published how Britain was right in taxing the colonists for the French and Indian War.

• Colonists sent troops to British Parliament to fight the policies.

• Colonists boycotted British goods for British merchants to lose revenue.

What role did the committees of correspondence play in the colonists' move toward independence?

• The committees helped unify colonies through communication of British activities.

• The committees began negotiations with Native Americans to establish justice for them.

• The committees started peace talks with Mexico and Canada for their help and support.

• The committees helped draft the first Constitution through open communication

In general, how did the British govern their American colonies in the years before the French and Indian War?

• For the years before the war the British practiced salutary, which left colonists to manage their own affairs

• For the years before the war the British practiced salutary, which forced the colonists to pay large taxes on goods

• For the years before the war the British practiced salutary, which enslaved rebels as punishment for their actions

• For the years before the war the British practiced salutary, which concentrated on the winning of wars throughout the world

(colonists, British) believed American colonies hold the same, equal rights as those living in Britain.

(colonists, British) believed colonial governments had the right to govern the colonies and that only local bodies had the power to tax the colonists.