Causes of the Revolution Quick Check 1

After the war, Britain was in so much debt. How did Parliament and the King decide to pay for the war?

• Tax the British people in England

• Taxing the colonists on different goods

• Raise the money themselves

• Take money from the French

Which was NOT a way colonists protested taxes?

• Smuggling goods from other countries

• Asking the French for help

• Boycotts

• Torturing tax collectors

Which of the following Acts were created by British Parliament in order to get money from Colonists (through taxes) to pay for the war?

• Quartering and Declaratory

• Sugar, Stamp and Townshend

• Sugar, Townshend and Quartering

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Stamps

• All products made of ink

• All products made by colonists

• All products made of paper

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Boston's response to the Intolerable Acts

• Colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.

• A party held to celebrate the Tea Act

• Riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston.

What are TWO effects of the French and Indian War that will later contribute to the American Revolution?

• Proclamation of 1763 & the French refusing to leave

• Proclamation of 1763 & Taxation (without representation) to pay for the war

• Taxation (without representation) to pay for the war & The Dutch leaving New York

• The French refusing to leave & General Braddock dying