The Road to the American Revolution

What was the Revolutionary War NOT about?

• Taxes

• Tea

• Native Americans

• Representation

Why were the colonists mad?

• Their lack of Parliamentary Representation

• Their lack of tea

• Their incredibly high taxes

• Their need for more food

Who did the stamp act make mad?

• Poor people who needed to send letters

• Middle class people who could not afford the stamps

• Upper Class people like lawyers, and printers who used a lot of paper.

• The monarchy who did not think the tax was high enough

Why were the American colonists mad during the Boston Tea Party?

• The colonists believed that the tax made tea unaffordable

• The colonists felt like the British can and were taxing whatever they wanted.

• The colonists felt the tax money was not being used well

• The colonists hated the Native Americans and wanted them to look bad.

What did Americans think of the intolerable acts?

• It convinced many Americans that they needed to fight back against the British

• It convinced many Americans that they needed to make peace with the British

• It convinced many Americans that the British were mad.

• It convinced many Americans that they needed to tolerate the British

What was the olive branch petition?

• A letter sent by some American colonists asking for olive branches

• A letter sent by some American colonists asking for independence

• A letter sent by some American colonists asking for peace

• A letter sent by some American colonists asking food supplies

What was the cause of the American Revolution in you OWN words