Causes of the Revolutionary War

What was the 1st tax on the colonists?

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

How did most colonists respond to the Navigation Acts?

• The paid their taxes.

• They ignored it.

Which law restricted colonists from settling west of the Applachian Mountains?

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

After which war was the Proclamation of 1763 issued?

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

• WWII

Why did England start taxing the colonists?

• To pay for the colonists' defense

• The king was bored.

• To make life difficult for the colonists

• To cause a revolution

A tax on molasses and sugar in the colonies to pay for colonial defense

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

Famous protest phrase used by the colonists

• "No taxation without representation"

• "Too small"

• "More taxes"

• "Keep calm and carry on"

Law requiring colonists to house and feed British soldiers

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

A written request to the government; used by colonists as a form of protest

• boycott

• petition

• navigation

• massacre

A tax on paper products in the colonies

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation of 1763