Events leading to the American Revolution

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted

• colonists from moving back to Great Britain

• the western movement of settlers

• the control of colonial legislatures

• the amount of tea imported from Europe

Why did Great Britain impose taxes such as the Stamp act?

• to stop colonial representation in Parliament

• to raise money to pay for the French & Indian War

• to stop British citizens from moving to colonial America

• to raise money to buy more land from the American Indians

Colonists opposed taxes from Great Britain because the..

• colonies had no representation in Parliament (government)

• taxes were not high enough

• British people had no representation in Parliament

• colonists wanted American Indians & French to pay taxes

How were the British soldiers paid & maintained in the colonies?

• be the king sending over payments

• by trading with colonists

• by fighting the French & Indian War

• by taxing the American Colonists

Great Britain's desire to remain a world power resulted in a conflict with France known as the

• British and French War

• French and American War

• French and Indian War

• The European War

The British tax on newspapers, book, and playing cards was called the

• Book act

• Paper act

• Stamp act

• Card act

One issue that led the patriots (colonists) to fight in the American Revolution was anger towards

• Colonial governors

• Continental Congress

• Town Meetings

• The House of Burgesses

Colonies traded raw materials for __________ made in England.

• grain

• cotton

• laws

• manufactured goods

Who appointed the colonial governors?

• the colonists

• the King

• the legislators

• the House of Burgess

Who was the King of England during the American Revolution that taxed the colonists?

• King William III

• King James III

• King Henry III

• King George III