Causes of the American Revolution

Front

The British ______ made laws for all British people.

Back

Parliament

Front

American colonists were asked to cover the cost of the French and Indian War by paying _____.

Back

taxes

Front

The Sugar Act angered many colonists because it required them to pay a _____ on goods brought into the colonies.

Back

tax

Front

Many colonists were against the Stamp Act because it was an example of taxation without _____

Back

representation

Front

The Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea with an action that later became known as the ______.

Back

Boston Tea Party

Front

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.

Back

Concord

Front

Who was involved in the French and Indian War?

Back

France and England

Front

What was the effect of the French and Indian war?

Back

England spent too much money on the war and taxed the colonists.

Front

What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?

Back

Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains.

Front

What was the name of the first tax that the British parliament put on American colonists?

Back

Sugar Act