Causes of the American Revolution

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Indians and French
• Colonists and Britain
• Britain and Spain
• Britain and France

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

What did the British Parliament make the colonists pay?

• Taxes
• Fees
• Gold and Spices
• Cupcakes and Twinkies

In the 1770s, England made the American colonies pay many taxes. Some of these taxes were the sugar act, stamp act, and the tea act. What did the colonists do because of these taxes?

• The colonists started taxing British goods.
• The colonists decided to trade only with France.
• The colonists voted for a new king. 
• The colonists boycotted the taxes and held many protests. 

After the Boston Tea Party, King George passed a set of laws that included the Quartering Act. The name of these laws were 

• the Tea Act.
• the Stamp Act.
• the Intolerable Acts.
• Treaty of Paris.

The ________________ was a meeting of leaders from the colonies to discuss problems with England in 1774. 

• The First Continental Congress
• The Boston Tea Party 
• The Second Continental Congress 
• Town Hall Meeting 

The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and threw boxes of tea from a ship into the harbor during the _____________. 

• Congressional Meeting 
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• The Second Continental Congress

4. Which action forced colonists to pay an extra fee for newspapers and other documents?

• Stamp Act
• Coercive Acts
• Quartering Act
• Taxes on Tea

What was the effect of the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists had to quarter British troops

• King George III blocked trade in the colonies’ harbor

• British Parliament began taxing the colonists to pay off war debt

• Encourage colonists to support a war against Great Britain for independence

The first tax placed on the colonists that required them to pay a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Paper Act