Causes Leading to the American Revolution

Complete the quote: 'No Taxation without __________'

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.

• Stamp Act

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

• Ohio River Valley

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

• Appalachian Mountains

• The ______ taxed all paper goods.

• 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

Match the following causes of the American Revolution.

• only allowed trade with mother country

• 
• could not pass Appalachian Mountains

• 
• rally cry for the colonists

• 
• Redcoats killed civilians in Boston

• 

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8.4A

To refuse to buy items from a particular country. The colonists upheld a ​ (a)   against British goods.

• boycott

• mercantilism

• salutary neglect

List and Explain 2 Causes of the American Revolution

What was the primary economic policy that the American colonies opposed, leading to the American Revolution?

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

What was the main reason the British imposed the Intolerable Acts on the American colonies?

• To punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party

• To enforce the Stamp Act

• To establish a new colonial government

• To increase trade with the colonies