Cause of the American Revolution

What was the result of the French and Indian War?

• France controlled the US

• Spain gained control of the US

• Britain no longer owned land in America

• Colonist couldn't settle west of the Mississippi

What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?

• Congress

• meeting house

• Parliament

• House of Burgesses

What were the taxes on all printed materials in the colonies called?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

What were the taxes placed on all imported goods called?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

What were forced on the colonists to punish them for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

What is the term that means refusal to buy goods?

• militia

• intolerable

• boycott

• repeal

What is the term that means to take back?

• militia

• intolerable

• boycott

• repeal

Who dressed up as Mohawks and dumped the British tea in the harbor?

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Parliament

• Lobsterbacks

In what event did the British fire into a crowd of colonists and kill 5 people?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Treaty of Paris

• Townshend Acts

Who sided with King George III?

• Sam Adams

• Sons of Liberty

• Patriots

• Loyalists