Causes of the American Revolution

1. After the French and Indian War, ____

became a British colony.

1. American colonists were asked to cover the

cost of the French and Indian War by paying _____.

1. The Sugar Act angered many colonists because

it required them to pay a _____ on goods brought into

the colonies.

1. Colonists who supported the actions of the British

government were known as _____.

1. Many colonists were against the Stamp Act because

it was an example of taxation without _____.

1. Many colonists protested the Sugar Act with a _____ of

British goods.

1. Parliament ____ the Stamp Act when it heard that nine

of the colonies sent representatives to the

Stamp Act Congress

1. The colonists formed the ______ to keep colonists informed about protests against British laws.

1. The Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea with an

action that later became known as the ______.

1. Colonists in Massachusetts felt that to ______, or provide housing for, British soldiers was intolerable.

1. _______ were members of the Massachusetts militia who

were always ready to defend the colony.

1. The fighting between the colonists and the British

army that took place in the towns of Lexington

and ______ marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.