American Revolution - Causes & Battles

Which event led to the American Revolution?

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation Line of 1763

• Representative Government

• God, Gold, Glory

What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?

• illegal for colonists to move past the Appalachian Mountains

• illegal for colonists to move to England

• illegal for colonists to move to Virginia

• illegal for colonists to move to France

What is taxation?

• govt. takes money from citizens for public use

• refusing to buy products

• people who support independence

• people who support the king

1. Finish this: “No Taxation without _____________”

• boycotting

• representation

• mercantilism

• propaganda

1. What did the Quartering Act force colonists to do?

• house soldiers

• house the king

• house native americans

• pay taxes

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

1. Who threw the tea overboard ships during the Boston Tea Party?

• the king

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• the colonists

What was England trying to do with passing the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?

• to punish colonists

• give colonists money

• to support colonists

• to start a treaty

What does boycott mean?

• govt. takes money from citizens

• refusing to buy products

• people who support independence

• people who support the king

What is an "act"? (Example: Sugar Act)

• a part of a play

• a verb

• a government

• a law