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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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Review or preview of the causes of the American Revolution and colonists' response
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In this economic system, the colonies are meant to make the mother country wealthy.
mercantilism
taxation
free enterprise
anarchy
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Why were the colonists angered by the stamp act?
colonists couldn't afford it
They were taxed without their consent
It taxed all paper
It was the beginning of war
3
Why did the British issue the Proclamation of 1763
To tax colonists
To limit colonization
To prevent an Indian uprising
To anger colonists
4
The Proclamation of 1763 said that colonists couldn't travel west of the
Nevada Sierra
Appalachian Mountains
Himalaya
Rocky Mountains
5
Which act made colonists quarter soldiers
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Third Amendment
6
Which act was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party?
Townshend
Stamp
Intolerable
Sugar
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This act was passed to help pay for the 10,000 troops left in the colonies after the Fr./Indwar
Townshend Acts
Quartering Act
Protective Act
Stamp Act
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How did the colonists feel about helping pay for the war by having taxes?
They sided with the French
They felt they owed the mother country
They payed the taxes
Patriots refused to pay
9
What was the main purpose of boycotts
colonists govern themselves
disrupt trade with France
decrease merchants power over the colonies
protest taxation without representation
10
All of the following were causes of the American Revolution, except:
Georgia slave trials
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Taxation without Representation
11
What was the main reason the colonists boycotted British goods?
to stop trade
to protest taxes without representation
to protest the sugar act
12
Which act taxed paper items?
Townshend
Stamp
Tea
Intolerable
13
The intolerable acts were
passed by House of Burgesses
forced colonists to give the gov't a part of their salary
the name the colonists gave to the strict laws from TeaParty
In the Mayflower Compact
14
What colony was being punished by the Intolerable Acts?
Boston
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Virginia
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The British imposed taxes on the colonists after the
Spanish Armada
Boston Massacre
Indian War
The French and Indian War
