Causes of the American Revolution HW Reading

What was the main reason both the British and the French wanted control of the Ohio River Valley? (Passage 1)

• Fertile land and important trade routes

• Rich mineral resources

• Strategic military advantage

• Access to the Atlantic Ocean

What was the outcome of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 for France? (Passage 1)

• France lost most of its North American empire

• France gained control of the Ohio River Valley

• France retained control of Quebec and Montreal

• France expanded its territories in Europe

How did the British plan to raise funds to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War? (Passage 1)

• By taxing the American colonies

• By selling Canadian territories

• By seeking financial aid from France

• By reducing military expenditures

What did the American colonists believe about government based on the Magna Carta and other English political traditions? (Passage 1)

• That they possessed same rights of 'freeborn Englishmen'

• That the King had absolute power

• That laws were meaningless and could not be enforced

• That they were incapable of managing their own governments locally

Why did the British King establish the Proclamation Line of 1763? (Passage 2)

• To prevent further conflict between the colonists and the Native Americans

• Land west of the Proclamation line was prone to natural disasters

• He had made an agreement with the Spanish to leave the Ohio River Valley unsettled

• To ban slavery west of the Proclamation line

The Proclamation of 1763 prevented the colonists from- (Passage 2)

• settling west of the Appalachian mountains

• moving to Quebec

• importing British manufactured goods

• accessing the Atlantic Ocean

What was the purpose of the Sugar Act passed in 1764? (Passage 2)

• To eliminate taxes on sugar

• To strengthen British control of colonial trade

• To help the colonies develop economic independence

• To encourages colonists to establish sugar plantations

What was the main objection of colonists to the new British taxes? (Passage 3)

• Colonial assemblies were not consulted

• The colonies were not represented in Parliament

• Their rights as Englishmen were being violated

• All of these were objections

According to Enlightenment thinker John Locke- (Passage 3)

• government is supposed to protect the liberty and property of its citizens

• kings have absolute authority over citizens, given by God

• citizens should never question or resist government

• there is no purpose in have government

How did colonists respond to the passage of the Stamp Act? (Passage 3)

• with protests and boycotts

• by writing the Declaration of Independence

• by declaring war on Britain

• by outlawing local colonial publications