Events Leading Up to the American Revolution

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger the colonists?

• It prevented them from moving west

• It prevented them from buying cattle

• It prevented them from becoming patriots

Why did Britain tighten its control over the colonies?

• due to effects of the Sugar Act

• It needed to pay for the Boston Tea Party

• It needed to pay off war debts

This law permitted the British to search a ship’s cargo for any reason

• Writs of Assistance

• Declaratory Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

THE SUGAR ACT and the new laws ANGERED THE COLONISTS because

• they wanted to be loyalists

• they believed that they are violating their rights as English citizens

• they wanted to be patriots

• they believed that ships should remain property of the colonists

The purpose of the Stamp Act was to raise money to

• pay for the new government

• pay for increased farmland in western settlements

• pay for soldiers in the colonies

Which group called for colonial boycott of British goods to protest the Stamp Act?

• 1st Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

When colonists began to boycott British goods due to the Stamp Act,

• the British repealed the Stamp Act. 

• The British decided to raise the Stamp Act

• The British took away settlements in the east

This act stated stated that Parliament had the right to tax, pass laws and govern the British colonies “in all cases”.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Declaratory Act

This act was passed because the British needed to replace the revenue from the Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Declaratory Act

The British punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by

• not allowing any colonists to return tot Britain

• closing the Port of Boston

• Taking away their land and possessions