Causes of the American Revolution

Which cause was a conflict that lasted from 1756 to 1763. In it, France and Great Britain were fighting over territory in North America. This cause doubled the British national debt.

• Proclamation of 1763

• French & Indian War

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive Acts

Which cause of the American Revolution was the first internal tax against all paper documents in 1765?

• Quartering Act
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Acts

Which act passed in 1773 allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, leading to a famous protest?

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

What was the name of the 1774 acts that were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

• Coercive/ "Intolerable Acts"

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Declaratory Act

Answer explanation

The ships shown in the image were British navy ships blocking any ships from entering Boston Harbor.

Which 1767 acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies?

• Townshend Acts

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

Which cause of the American Revolution occured in march 1770, when a group of British soldiers responded with gunfire to colonists' protests.

• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
• French & Indian War

• Boston Massacre

Which cause of the American Revolution explained why the colonists' were unhappy with King George III and Parliament increased rules for their lives?

• Support for British troops
• Increased taxation and lack of representation.
• Desire for more trade regulations
• Preference for monarchy over democracy

Answer explanation

Congress is pictured here because it is America's representation. Americans vote for representatives who pass laws for them. The colonists were angry because they felt that they had taxation without representation.

Which cause of the American Revolution was a requirement by King George that no British subject could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Tea Party
• Proclamation of 1763
• Stamp Act

Which cause of the American Revolution forbid the colonies from printing their own money, despite the fact that the British pound became inflated due to war debt?

• Intolerable Acts of 1774
• Stamp Act of 1765
• Tea Act of 1773
• Currency Act of 1764

Which cause of the American Revolution was an uprising by the Sons of Liberty in Boston when on December 16, 1773 they dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British trading ships, and dumped one million dollars' worth of tea into Boston Harbor?

• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Act
• Boston Massacre