Causes of the American Revolution '24

What law forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats (British Soldiers) in America?

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

• Navigation Act

Which phrase became popular after the passage of the Stamp and Sugar Acts?

• “The rights of Englishmen”

• “Give me liberty or give me death”

• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

• “No taxation without representation“

After the French and Indian War, Parliament passed new laws for the colonies. These laws were passed because Britain

• was afraid the French would support the colonies.
• was afraid many of the colonists would return to Britain.
• needed the colonists to help pay for the war. 
• wanted the Native Americans to return to their lands. 

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

To protest the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty organized the ...

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

What document stated that the colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

• Charter of 1732

When people protest by refusing to buy a certain product, that is called a ....

• boycott
• rebellion
• Colonist
• tax

Which of the following were taxed during the Stamp Act? 

• Glass and Gold 
• Playing Cards and Documents
• Eyeglasses and medicine
• Horses and farm equipment 

This famous engraving/image shows the event that was called the

• Boston Party

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Brutality

King George III/Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts because the colonists

• Did not let soldiers stay in their homes

• Destroyed property at the Boston Harbor

• Kept taking westward land

• The Book Common Sense spread ideas of revolution