American Revolution Causes

A person living in the colonies that was in favor of declaring independence from England were called

• Patriots

• Loyalist

Who would be more likely to make this statement:

"We want a representative in Parliament"

• Patriot

• Loyalists

The first event that caused the colonists to feel the King was no longer treating the colonies fairly was

• Tea Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts

• Sugar Act

The French and Indian War was fought between _______.

• The French against the Indians

• The British against the Indians

• The French and Indians against the British

• The British and Indians against the French

The Act or Law that placed taxes on imported goods was the

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

_____ won the war and the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• France

• Britain

• Spain

• Italy

Colonists were angry because the King of England placed high taxes on tea and would only allow them to buy them from English companies. The colonists protested and led to the

• Boston Massacre

• Tea Protest

• No taxation without representation

• Boston Tea Party

The King was upset with the colonists after they destroyed his property during the Boston Tea Party so he issued the

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Coercive Acts

• Townshend Acts

The Stamp Act

• Placed a tax on all printed goods

• taxed goods like newspapers and wills

• required a royal stamp to be placed on all printed documents

• All of the above

Who would be more likely to make this statement:

"The King is too far away to make decisions for the colonies"

• Patriot

• Loyalists