Chapter 3.2: Causes of the Revolution

Who did American colonists believe had the right to raise and levy taxes on the colonies?

colonial governments

Britain's Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp Acts went against the British government's earlier colonial policy of...

salutary neglect.

In what way did the Daughters of Liberty protest British taxes?

They boycotted British goods.

Which event occurred as the direct result of the British Crown sending troops to occupy Boston?

the Boston Massacre

In response to the Intolerable Acts, every colony except Georgia sent delegates to...

the First Continental Congress.

What opinion about women's involvement in politics does the cartoonist suggest by placing a baby under the table?

Women who are involved in politics are neglecting their duties as mothers.

How did political cartoons contribute to the debates about taxes and trade restrictions in the years leading up to the Declaration of Independence?

They expressed a point of view in a way that could be widely distributed and understood.

Henry uses the phrase "lying supinely on our backs" to warn the colonists against acting

passively.

What did the government of Great Britain have in common with most colonial governments?

a two-house legislature

The main objection the colonists had to British taxation was that...

they were not represented in the British Parliament.

The colonists used John Locke's idea that a "social contract" exists between a government and its citizens to justify

protesting the British government's tax policies.

The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767 in order to...

raise revenue after the repeal of the Stamp Act.

The British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts in response to...

the Boston Tea Party.