American Revolution Causes

A person living in the colonies that was in favor of declaring independence from England were called

• Patriots

• Loyalist

The Stamp Act

• Placed a tax on all printed goods

• taxed goods like newspapers and wills

• required a royal stamp to be placed on all printed documents

• All of the above

Who would be more likely to make this statement:

"The King is too far away to make decisions for the colonies"

• Patriot

• Loyalists

The King of England started taxing the colonies because he was trying to get richer

• True

• False

Who would be more likely to make this statement:

"Down with the colonies!"

• Patriot

• Loyalists

The Act or Law that placed taxes on imported goods was the

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

The MAIN reason the colonists were upset about the taxes from the king was they did not have enough money to pay for them.

• True

• False

The Intolerable or Coercive Acts did all of the following EXCEPT

• closed Boston Harbor

• place a tax on glass and paint

• forced colonists to house soldiers in their home

• would not allow colonists to hold meetings

_____ won the war and the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• France

• Britain

• Spain

• Italy

A person living in the colonies that wanted to remain loyal to the King of England were called

• Patriots

• Loyalist