Causes of the American Revolution

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of Boston Harbor and the removal of the legislature.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

Fight for the Ohio River Valley between Britain and France.

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

Prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts

• French and Indian War

• Intolerable Acts

Tax placed on glass, lead, tea, and paint. “No taxation without representation” became the theme of colonial protests.

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

This image depicts which event?

• Boston Tea Party

• Proclamation of 1763

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

Colonists were forced to house British soldiers through this act.

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
• Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
• Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?

• They didn`t like the type of tea that was shipped to them
• They wanted the ships to leave
• They thought the tea was priced too high
• They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government

American Colonists had representation in Parliament.

• True

• False

What does "boycott" mean?

• Worn under pants

• Refuse to buy

• Fight with violence