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EXIT TICKET: Causes of Revolution
1. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
A) The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas
B) French colonies expanded west of the Appalachians
C) American colonists were forced to move west
D) England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debt by charging new taxes

2. Many colonists were angered by the Proclamation of 1763 because it

A) took too much land from Canada
B) gave Florida to the French
C) limited their freedom to move west
D) encouraged raids by Native Americans

3. In colonial America, an aim (goal) of British mercantile policy was to force American merchants to
A) Sell more raw materials to as many foreign nations as possible
B) Provide raw materials to England only and limit colonial trade with other nations
C) Compete with England for manufactured goods
D) Expand their trade with England to include slaves

4. Which of the following statements would accurately describe the response American colonists had to
the Navigation Acts?
A) Colonists approved of King George IIIs actions and he became a more popular king
B) Colonists knew that it was important to support England because it was their mother country
C) Colonists hated these policies because it allowed British troops to live in their homes
D) Colonists were angry about these policies because it took money and resources away from the
colonies and gave them to England instead

5. Which statement expresses an opinion about the causes of the Revolutionary War?
A) colonists participated in the triangular trade
B) the Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770.
C) Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty
 D) The Quartering Act was a serious violation of the colonists liberties.

6. Which statement supports the colonial opinion above?

A) Parliament does not have the right to tax the colonies because colonists do not have
representation.
B) Colonists do not have the right to sell manufactured goodsthey must purchase them from
England alone.
C) Britain can regulate the colonial postal system because it must prevent treason
D) Colonists can choose how to collect taxes because they know how to run their own colonies better
than the King of England

7. Which act of Parliament required colonists to house British soldiers?

A) Tea Act
B) Stamp Act
C) Quartering Act
D) Declaratory Act

8. Fill in the name of each event on the blank line provided. This question is worth THREE points:

WORD BANK

Revolutionary War Stamp Act Townshend Act

Quartering Act Proclamation Line of 1763 French and Indian War

a. ______________________________________: 1763, this war led to Parliament creating

new taxes on the American colonies. Many colonists were angered because they believed in
no taxation without representation!

b. ______________________________________: 1765, this new act placed a tax on all paper

goods in the colonies.

c. ______________________________________: 1765, this act forced colonists to allow

British troops to live in their homes.

HONOR CODE: I, _______________________, have completed this assignment honorably and have not used any help from anyone or anything.