SS8H3ab Causes of the American Revolution

Which document stated the reasons why the colonies wanted their freedom from Britain?

• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation 

This act was passed in 1765....it was a tax on all paper documents in the colonies such as newspapers, documents, and ship papers.

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Paper Act
• Currency Act

How did the Proclamation of 1763 impact the colonies?

• It required them to pay extra taxes and fees to France
• It prevented them from trading with Indian tribes. 
• It required them to house British Soldiers in their homes.
• It prevented them from expanding westward. 

How did the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) contribute to the American Revolution? 

• France wanted revenge after losing the war and negotiated with the colonies to fight England.
• Indians that fought in the war supported the colonies and encouraged them to fight the British.
• England went into debt because of the war and decided to tax the colonies to get their money back.
• England was unhappy with the colonies performance in the war and punished them with taxes. 

The French and Indian was was fought between the

• French against the Indians
• Indians against the Spanish
• French and British against the Indians
• The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.

What effect did the end of the French and Indian War initially have on Georgia?

• It enraged Georgians because it made the colony smaller.

• It benefited the colony because it gave it more territory and made the colony more secure.

• It endangered the colony because Florida was now a British colony.

• It had little effect because no fighting ever occurred in Georgia.

What does the following list describe?

• Divided Florida into two British colonies
• Expanded Georgia's territory
• Angered colonists wanting to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• the Intolerable Acts

• the Stamp Act

• the Charter of 1732

• the Proclamation of 1763

Who represented Georgia at the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence?

• Button Gwinnett, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin

• Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Thomas Jefferson

• George Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett

• Button Gwinnett, George Walton, and James Madison

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• support for states' rights and slavery

• a belief in the natural rights of citizens

• the need for a federal system of government

• a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

According to the Declaration of Independence, from where does government gets its power?

• from wealth

• power is inherited

• from the pursuit of happiness

• from citizens