1. Quiz, Quiz, Trade Cards Causes of the American Revolution Grades 8, 10 and 11

2. Quiz, Quiz, Trade Instructions Print the slides. Laminate and cut out the rectangles. There is a matching term and definition. Each student receives a card. Students mix around the room. Teacher can play if there is an odd number of students or may “buddy” two students. Students quiz each other on their card and then exchange the cards. Students repeat the procedure with different partners until time is called. Management tip: have students raise their hands when looking for a partner.

3. Causes of the American Revolution Navigation Acts Restricted colonial trade, manufacturing, and shipping 1650-1763 Colonial Response –Smuggling –Evasion and disregard

4. Causes of the American Revolution Sugar Act Duty (tax) placed on sugar from the West Indies to raise revenue for Britain 1764 Colonial Response –Colonial protests lead to lower duties (taxes)

5. Causes of the American Revolution Quartering Act Required certain colonies to provide food and housing for British soldiers 1765 Colonial Response –Colonial Assemblies refused to comply with the act

6. Causes of the American Revolution Stamp Act Required the use of stamped paper articles showing that the tax had been paid 1765 Colonial Response –Protested taxation by Parliament without colonial representation –Stamp Act repealed

7. Causes of the American Revolution Townshend Acts Light taxation on glass, lead, paper, and tea 1767 Colonial Response –Smuggling –Resisting British troops resulting in the Boston Massacre –Refusing to import goods

8. Causes of the American Revolution Enforcement of Tea Tax East India Company given monopoly for colonial tea business with small tax 1773 Colonial Response –Tea ships and cargos destroyed by colonials in Boston and Annapolis

9. Causes of the American Revolution Coercive Acts (also known as the Intolerable Acts) Many rights of Massachusetts dissolved: assembly, town meetings, jury trials, port of Boston closed 1774 Colonial Response –Colonial representatives met in the first Continental Congress to protest the acts and called for a complete boycott on British goods

10. Causes of the American Revolution Quebec Act Extended Quebec to the Ohio River Did not provide trial by jury or right of assembly Recognized the Catholic religion in Quebec 1774 Colonial Response –Smuggling –Evasion and disregard