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WorksheetsCauses of the American Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
These laws punished intended to punish Boston for the Tea Party.
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Proclamation of 1763
This law outlawed settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
Proclamation of 1763
This British law required colonists to provide food and shelter to British Soldiers.
Quartering Act
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Coercive Acts
Which of the following organizations did not protest British control of the colonies?
Parliament
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
First Continental Congress
This law asserted Parliament's power to pass laws and govern the colonies.
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
Proclamation of 1763
Intolerable Acts
The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:
Unalienable Rights
Essential Rights
Natural Rights
Original Rights
Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that power comes from the "Consent of the Governed?"
Hobbes
Locke
Voltaire
Rousseau
What is a boycott?
an enemy
a tax King George created
protest in which all the people only bought British products
protest in which people refused to buy British products
A group of Male colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Sons Stamp Act Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Theory that countries should acquire gold and focus on exporting goods and owning colonies
Mercantilism
Merchants
Making Money
Imperialism
The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to
regulate colonial trade.
build a global trading network.
increase the size of the British navy.
assert British control over the slave trade.
What is mercantilism?
A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
Wars that start over money.
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
Which term means a good to sold another country?
Import
Export
What was the goal of the Navigation Acts?
To loosen up restrictions on the colonies
To help people navigate the ocean
To regulate trade so England could make more profit
To sell the colonies to France
Which of these was an effect of the Navigation Acts on the colonies?
The colonies developed very little industry or manufacturing ability
The economy was thriving due to selling manufactured goods
A huge migration of humans took place
There was a decrease in population due to the slave trade
