Causes of the American Revolution

After the French and Indian War, Parliament passed new laws for the colonies. These laws were passed because Britain

• was afraid the French would support the colonies.
• was afraid many of the colonists would return to Britain.
• needed the colonists to help pay for the war. 
• wanted the Native Americans to return to their lands. 

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp and Sugar Acts?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

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

This act allowed the British East India Co. to sell tea directly to the colonist, cutting out the American merchants. American merchants could have been wiped out.

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act

To protest the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty organized the ...

• Boston Massacre
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Tea Party

A patriot was a colonist who:

• was loyal to England
• was loyal to France
• wanted independence from England
• wanted independence from France

What document said that the colonists could not move WEST of the Appalachian Mountain?

• Declaration of Independence
• Proclamation of 1763
• Charter of 1732

When people protest by refusing to buy a certain product, that is called a ....

• boycott
• rebellion
• Colonist
• tax

Which of the following were taxed during the Stamp Act? 

• Glass and Gold 
• Playing Cards and Documents
• Eyeglasses and medicine
• Horses and farm equipment