Causes of the American Revolution: The Path to Independence Quiz

What was a major cause of discontent among the American colonies after the French and Indian War?

• The loss of territory to the French

• The British decision to tax the colonies

• The increase in colonial population

• The lack of economic prosperity

Which act imposed a tax on printed materials in the American colonies?

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

What event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor as a protest?

• Boston Massacre

• First Continental Congress

• Boston Tea Party

• Lexington and Concord

Which philosophical movement influenced colonial leaders with ideas of liberty and self-governance?

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Romanticism

What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

• To organize British loyalists

• To draft the Declaration of Independence

• To negotiate with Native American tribes

• To coordinate colonial resistance

What event marked the beginning of armed conflict in the American Revolution?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

What was the slogan used by colonists to protest British taxation?

• Give me liberty or give me death!

• No taxation without representation!

• Don't tread on me!

• Join or die!