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- 1. Multiple Choice
The picture above was published in an American newspaper shortly after the Stamp Act was passed in Britain. How does this help explain colonial response to the Stamp Act?
It was obviously welcomed since American newspapers were reporting about it.
The use of the skull and crossbones indicates that Americans were opposed to the Stamp Act.
The colonies were using the skull and crossbones as their primary symbol and they welcomed it.
The Stamp Act was barely even noticed and this picture indicates the Act was dying.
- 2. Multiple Choice
This cartoon was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. The cartoon encouraged
States to ratify the new Constitution.
Confederate states to organize a government.
American colonies to unite in their efforts.
Britain to establish more American Colonies.
- 3. Multiple Choice
"British victory against France in the French and Indian War helped to cause the American Revolution."
Which answer BEST explains why this quotation is true?
France sought revenge and stirred-up colonial anger against the British.
The British attempt to industrialize Canada offended the American colonists.
Britain became overconfident, resulting in a failed invasion of Spanish Florida.
The British increased colonial taxes in order to pay for the victory over France.
- 4. Multiple Choice
After winning the French & Indian War, Great Britain passed the Proclamation of 1763 which made the colonists angry because
it did not allow them to settle on land west of the Appalachian mountains.
it passed a tax on items such as newspapers, wills and contracts.
it forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
it took away their representation in Parliament.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Boston Massacre was
an unprovoked attack upon innocent civilians by ruthless British soldiers.
Great Britain's response when smuggled goods were discovered in Boston harbor.
the attack of a large mob of mercenaries hired by the British in the port of Boston
an incident in which five civilians were killed after British soldiers were surrounded by an angry mob.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Proclamation Line of 1763 runs roughly along the
Ohio River
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Appalachian Mountains
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which event did Great Britain respond to by passing the Intolerable Acts, which closed down the port of Boston.
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Paul Revere's midnight ride
Declaration of Independence
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts encourage American colonists to consider revolution against British rule?
by representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies
by increasing conflict between the colonists and neighboring Indian tribes.
by revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent
by raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament
- 9. Multiple Choice
The cartoon printed in 1760 was most likely a protest against
pirates
food safety
British taxes
cruelty of British soldiers
- 10. Multiple Choice
This painting is showing the actions of American colonists at the 1773 protest known by what name?
The Plymouth Rocks
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The New York Draft Riots
- 11. Multiple Choice
This 1765 revenue law of the British parliament succeeded in angering the American colonists, not because it taxed most documents but because the colonists had no voice in its passage.
The Tea Act
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why did American colonists resent British taxes?
American colonists were unhappy that the high taxes were keeping the nobility in luxury.
Unlike American colonists, people who lived in Great Britain did not have to pay any duties .
Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.
Great Britain did not offer the American colonists any protection from the French and the Indians.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Based on this list, what did colonists feel was unfair about life under British rule?
They were not able to protect themselves against outside threats.
They were not given the same rights as other British citizens.
They were not able to enjoy the benefits of British democracy.
They were not given any opportunities to make money in the colonies.
- 14. Multiple Choice
After the French and Indian War, the British issued the Proclamation of 1763 and the Stamp Act. These two measures were similar in that each contributed to which of the following?
political stability and economic growth in the colonies
increased reliance on slave labor in the British colonies
discontent in the colonies and growing support for revolution
improved relations between colonists and native populations
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did many colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763?
It overturned many laws passed by colonial governments and severely limited their power.
It outlawed settlement in the western regions of many colonies, which limited their ability to expand.
It required colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in the colonies
It imposed taxes on everyday items such as tea and paper, which hurt the colonial economy.
- 16. Multiple Choice
The 1763 Treaty of Paris concluded a conflict between which two colonial powers?
England and Spain
France and England
Spain and Portugal
Portugal and France
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Quartering Act of 1765 angered colonists because it forced colonial business owners to provide room and board to British soldiers. The colonists felt this was a form of which of the following?
popular sovereignty
direct military action
a violation of due process
invasion of privacy and no protection of private property
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
The British gained control of Florida from the Spanish Empire.
The French gave up all of their claims to land in Canada to the British.
The British gave France control over all of the islands in the West Indies.
The French gave Britain control of most of their land east of the Mississippi.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about the Intolerable Acts is correct?
They were acts passed by British Parliament forcing colonists to give the government a portion of their salary.
They were what the colonists called the laws passed by the House of Burgesses forcing them to pay a tax on most paper products.
They were what the colonists called the strict laws passed by British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party.
They were the first acts passed by the House of Burgesses that forced the colonists to enlist in military service.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would make the BEST title for the outline above?
Colonial Reactions to British Policies
British Response to Colonial Resistance
American Response to the French Revolution
State-by-State Reactions to the Proposed Constitution
- 21. Multiple Choice
The First Continental Congress agreed to enforce a boycott against Great Britain and to encourage the expansion of
minutemen
congresses
western outposts
independent nations
- 22. Multiple Choice
Colonists convened the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia to craft a response to
the Indian Wars
the Intolerable Acts
the Boston Tea Party
the Olive Branch Petition
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes the event that is taking place in this lithograph?
the formal beginning of the American Revolution
revenge for American lives lost during the Boston Massacre
the first instance of organized colonial resistance to the Tea Act and other British policies
a culmination of a resistance movement throughout the colonies in response to the Tea Act
- 24. Multiple Choice
What event accounts for the decrease in French territory illustrated by these maps?
the American Revolution
the French and Indian War
the French Revolution
the Napoleonic Wars
- 25. Multiple ChoiceCustoms Agents or Tax Collectors used these to search homes and businesses for smuggled goodswrits of assistancenon-importation agreementswrits of seizurecharters
- 26. Multiple Choicea trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the colonies; moved smuggling trials to vice-admiralty courts (to gain revenue to pay debt from French and Indian War)Stamp ActTownshend ActsIntolerable ActsSugar Act
- 27. Multiple ChoiceA 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services with the colonies; required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for all legal documentsSugar ActProclamation 1763Stamp ActPaper Act
- 28. Multiple ChoiceCompetition over jobs led to a 1770 clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in which 5 of the colonists were killedBoston Tea PartyBoston MassacreBattle of LexigtonShays's Rebellion
- 29. Multiple Choicethe dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea ActBoston Tea PartyEast India Tea Co. RebellionBoston UprisingLiberty Raid
- 30. Multiple Choicea series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767 establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the colonists (glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea)Townshend ActsStamp ActNavigation ActsIntolerable Acts
- 31. Multiple Choicea series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party (closed the harbor, placed the city under marital law, and demanded repayment of the tea)Intolerable ActsTownshend ActsStamp ActReparations Act
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Mercantilism?An economic system designed to increase a nations wealth and power by heavy government regulationAn economic system designed to increase the nations wealth and power with little government regulationAn economic system designed to increase a nations wealth with no government regulationAn economic system designed to increase the nations wealth and power with regulation by the people of that nation
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the effect of British taxation on the colonies as a whole?They united.They dividedColonist returned to Britain.
- 34. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Boston Tea Party express the views of many colonists?showed that colonist supported the Mohaksshowed that colonist protested the tea taxshowed that the tea would stay in Bostonshowed that many colonist did not like tea
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the term that means refusal to buy goods?BoycottRepealintolerable
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat does "No taxation without representation" mean?The colonists refused to pay any taxes at allThe colonists should not be taxed if they do not get to be represented in Parliament
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Declaratory Act do?repealed the Sugar Actrepealed the stamp Actmade Parliament to have total controldeclared war on the colonies
- 38. Multiple ChoicePaper documents including newspapers, wills, licenses, and even playing cards were taxed under the ...Sugar ActStamp ActTea ActTownshend Act
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThe Sons of Liberty took part of civil disobedience when they destroyed the cargo during the...Boston MassacreIntolerable ActsBoston Tea PartyQuartering Act
- 40. Multiple ChoiceOrganized the Sons of Liberty to protest against British taxes.Roger WilliamsCrispus AttucksJohn AdamSamuel Adams
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