2025-2026 Quizzes. American Revolution Causes (Pages 3-4)

What was the main reason British colonists wanted to take over French land in North America?

• To gain control of the Ohio River Valley

• To escape British rule

• To find gold and silver

• To spread religion

What did the Treaty of Paris (1763) accomplish?

• Ended the French and Indian War

• Started the American Revolution

• Created the Declaration of Independence

• Established the U.S. Navy

What is civil disobedience?

• Refusal to obey certain laws as a form of protest

• Fighting in a war

• Writing new laws

• Paying extra taxes

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights that cannot be taken away by a government

• Rights given by the King

• Rights to own land

• Rights to vote in every election

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

Who wrote Common Sense and American Crisis?

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?

• King George III

• King Louis XVI

• King Charles I

• King Henry VIII

Who was the Spaniard who held off the British in New Orleans and allowed Americans use of the port?

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Haym Salomon

• John Paul Jones

What was the main purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

• To organize resistance against the British

• To collect taxes from colonists

• To write the Declaration of Independence

• To train the militia

What was the main purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• To forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• To tax tea imported to the colonies

• To allow British soldiers to stay in colonists' homes

• To close Boston Harbor