American Revolution

What economic policies following the French and Indian War caused the American Revolution?

• Establishment of a federal bank

• Taxes to pay off the war debt

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• King George III made the Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of the colonist

• The Proclamation was a series of taxes

• The Proclamation gave the colonies their independence

Why did Parliament pass the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

• to recover the cost of defending the colonies

• to encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• to fund the establishment of new colonies

What was the immediate effect of the Stamp Act?

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea in the Boston harbor

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods

Why were colonists opposed to mercantilist policies established by Great Britain?

• It required colonists to house British soldiers in their home

• It prevented colonists from claiming lands in the Ohio River Valley

• It prevented colonists from trading with foreign nations

time period from 1690 to 1760 when the King and Parliament allowed colonists to exercise control over local and regional matters

• Triangular Trade

• Mercantilism

• Salutary Neglect

• Era of Exploration

• mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

• Taxation without representation

This act required colonists to house and feed British Troops

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists had no say in Parliament

• The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
• The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy

Which TWO of the following are considered Causes of the American Revolution?

• Stamp Act

• Great Compromise

• Proclamation of 1763

• Indian Removal Act