Causes of the American Revolution

Colonial shopkeepers signed nonimportation agreements to keep ___ products out of their shops.

Colonists were unhappy with the Sugar Act even though it _____ the tax on molasses/sugar.

This colonial government established a post office and authorized the printing of money.

Which Act of Parliament said colonists had to house the British troops in their homes?

This act of Parliament angered colonial tea merchants.

The Intolerable/Coercive Acts did which of the following?

All goods imported to the colonies such as paper, paint, glass, lead, and tea were taxed by the

Who won the battles at Lexington and then Concord?

How many American colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre in March of 1770?

The ____ was a tax on all printed materials such as newspapers, wills, and playing cards.

When colonists were on trial British vice-admiralty courts it was assumed they were ___.

Colonists were angered by writs of assistance because it allowed British officials...

Why did colonists NOT want representation in Parliament?

Who made their own tea and their own clothes so they would be able to boycott British goods?

Who proposed a resolution for independence at the Second Continental Congress?

What were the provisions of the Proclamation of 1763

The Declaration of Independence was approved on __.

Richard Henry Lee's resolution proposing independence for the colonies was approved on __.

Another name for the Coercive Acts was the ...

The president of the Second Continental Congress was

The Second Continental Congress set up a committee to work with ...

The Suffolk Resolves encouraged colonists to ...

Which act of Parliament closed the port of Boston?

The ______ said Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies in all cases.

The __ sent a list of grievances to King George III asking him to repeal Parliaments laws.

Thomas Paine wrote this to influence colonists to declare independence from Great Britain?

Why did colonists send the Olive Branch Petition to King George III?

Early battles in the Revolutionary War were fought on the American side by___.

British officials accused of a crime would stand trial not in Boston but ...

When and where was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

Which early battle showed the British that the Americans would be very difficult to defeat?

Who rode to warn colonists the British troops were coming to take weapons stored at Concord?

Colonists protested Parliament's laws by...

This governing body decided to boycott ALL British goods and told citizens to arm themselves.

The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by___.

In response to the act which angered colonial tea merchants, the colonists held a ____.

The Second Continental Congress named __ to be the commander of the Continental Army.

The Suffolk Resolves were endorsed by the ___.

Which act of Parliament banned town meetings in Boston?

The British began taxing the American colonists more because of their huge debt from ___.