Question

1. how did certain events lead to the american revolution? write the letter from the answer bank into the cause - and - effect chart.

answer bank
a) first continental congress
b) common sense
c) stamp act
d) intolerable acts
cause
effect
colonists first began to unite.
colonists worried their political freedoms would be taken away.
colonists wanted to appear united when they presented their complaints to england.
colonists were persuaded to believe that the colonies should be independent.

Explanation:

The Stamp Act (C) was a British tax on printed materials in the colonies. This led to colonial opposition as they worried about political freedoms being taken away. The Intolerable Acts (D) were punitive measures by Britain after the Boston Tea Party, further uniting the colonists. Common Sense (B) was a pamphlet by Thomas Paine that persuaded colonists the colonies should be independent. The First Continental Congress (A) was a meeting where colonists presented complaints to England.

Answer:

C - Stamp Act: Colonists worried their political freedoms would be taken away.
D - Intolerable Acts: Colonists first began to unite.
B - Common Sense: Colonists were persuaded to believe that the colonies should be independent.
A - First Continental Congress: Colonists wanted to appear united when they presented their complaints to England.