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American Revolution Causes

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name

Class

Date

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

Indians and French

Colonists and Britain

Britain and Spain

Britain and France

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government

When people are taxed twice on the same item

When some people get taxed and others don't

When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

What did the British Parliament make the colonists pay?

Taxes

Fees

Gold and Spices

Cupcakes and Twinkies

In the 1770s, England made the American colonies pay many taxes. Some of these taxes were the sugar act, stamp act, and the tea act. What did the colonists do because of these taxes?

The colonists started taxing British goods.

The colonists decided to trade only with France.

The colonists voted for a new king.

The colonists boycotted the taxes and held many protests.

After the Boston Tea Party, King George passed a set of laws that included the Quartering Act. The name of these laws were

the Tea Act.

the Stamp Act.

the Intolerable Acts.

Treaty of Paris.

King George III needed money to pay for the French and Indian War, so he decided to _____________ the colonies.

yell

tax

go to war

sell

The Quartering Act required colonists to provide _____________ and __________ for soldiers stationed in their town.

food & shelter

food & clothing

Clothing & shelter

Money & food

In 1773, the King imposed a new tax on the colonists favorite drink. This was the ______________________.

Tea Act

Stamp Act

Quartering Act

Boston Tea Party

A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint, and tea.

Stamp Act

Townshend Acts

Tea Act

Patriot Act

10.

Law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspaper, etc.

Tea Act

Intorable Acts

Stamp Act

Parliament

11.

Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into the Boston harbor.

Philidelphia Tea Party

Georgia Tea Party

Stamp Act

Boston Tea Party

12.

American colonists who remained loyal to England.

Colonists

Loyalists

Patriot

Americans

13.

BONUS! How many people died in the Boston Massacre?

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American Revolution Causes

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 12mins

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