Causes of the American Revolution

What was the name of the war fought between England and France over land in North America?

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• American War

What law did King George III pass that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Tea Act

The first tax placed on the colonists that required them to pay a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Paper Act

The Act that required colonists to pay a tax on anything made of paper.

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

The slogan colonists began to use to protest paying taxes to Great Britain and not having representatives in Parliament.

• No more taxes!

• We don't like taxes!

• These taxes are unfair!

• No taxation without representation!

The secret organization formed in Boston to protest the Stamp Act.

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

The event in which 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers.

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Boston Tea Part

• Boston Harbor

• Boston Massacre

The Act passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay a tax on tea.

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

The event in which the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor as a protest.

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Harbor

• Boston Massacre

• Boston, Massachusetts

The very harsh acts passed by Parliament to force the colonists to submit to British authority.

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

• Boston Act

• Stamp Act