Causes of the American Revolution

Colonists who supported Britain in the Revolutionary War were called (a)  

• Loyalists
• Patriots
• British
• Hessians

A colonist who favored independence from Great Britain and war against Britain (a)  

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• Ally
• War Hawk

Complete the quote: 'No Taxation without (a)   '

In a short description, what is one of the causes of the American Revolution?

Match the following

• Parliament

• to make people obey a rule or law

• Mercantilism

• the lawmaking body of British government

• revolution

• an economic theory that held that colonies helped a country become wealthy by providing raw materials

  and markets for goods produced in the home country

• smuggle

• to rise up against a government; a dramatic change

• enforce

• to carry in or bring out in a secret way

The author of the famous pamphlet that argued for an end to monarchy and supported independence?

• Thomas Paine

• Tomas Pain

• Thomas Jefferson

Match the following.

• Townshend Act

• ________ claimed land in the New World for fur training.

• Ohio River Valley

• The ______ taxed all paper goods.

• Stamp Act

• France signed the Treaty Paris of 1763 which gave the British control of the ___________

• Appalachian Mountains

• The Proclamation of 1763 did not allow colonists to move over the _________

• France

• The _______ taxed glass, tea, paper, and lead.

The _____________________________ Acts placed a tax on glass, paper, tea, and lead.

• Townshend

• Stamp

• Sugar

• duty

The _____________________________ Act placed a tax on all paper items in the colonies.

• Townshend

• Stamp

• Sugar

• duty

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• A. Lake Michigan

• B. Gulf of Mexico

• C. Mississippi River

• D. Appalachian Mountains