Vocabulary
A. Act
B. Boycott
C. Repeal
D. Treaty
A. Act
What territory was gained by the British under the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
A. Florida and all French land east of the Mississippi River.
B. New Orleans and all French land west of the Mississippi River.
C. Britain did not gain any land in the Treaty of Paris.
D. Britain lost all of its land in the Treaty of Paris.
A. Florida and all French land east of the Mississippi River.
What significant argument did colonists use to protest British taxation?
a. The taxes were too high to afford
b. No taxation without representation
c. The taxes only applied to certain colonies
d. The taxes were collected unfairly
b. No taxation without representation
With England in desperate need of money, Parliament passed several _______________________, or laws, that would make the colonists help pay for the British troops station in America.
A. acts
B. boycotts
C. grievances
D. provisions
A. acts
Colonists believed the British government were unfairly taxing them because they did not elect ________________________________ to British Parliament, who could represent their interests.
A. repeals
B. boycotts
C. grievances
D. representatives
D. representatives
To cancel or nullify, especially a law
A. Act
B. Boycott
C. Repeal
D. Treaty
C. Repeal
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
a. To prevent colonists from moving west of the Appalachians
b. To increase taxes
c. To encourage colonial expansion d. To start a war
a. To prevent colonists from moving west of the Appalachians
What was the main reason the British government decided to tax the American colonies directly?
a. To fund the construction of new ships
b. To punish the colonies for disobedience
c. To pay for the French and Indian War debt
d. To establish new trading routes
c. To pay for the French and Indian War debt
Customs Houses were places where import taxes, or _______________________________, were paid on goods coming into the colonies.
A. repeals
B. acts
C. grievances
D. duties
D. duties
The Proclamation of 1763, which prevents colonists from moving west, followed which mountain range?
A. Appalachian
B. Smokey
C. Blue Ridge
D. Rocky
A. Appalachian
A form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services
A. Act
B. Boycott
C. Repeal
D. Treaty
B. Boycott
What was the first tax placed on the colonies by British Parliament after the French and Indian War, and taxed imported molasses?
a. The Stamp Act
b. The Tea Act
c. The Sugar Act
d. The Townshend Acts
c. The Sugar Act
What was the outcome of the colonial protests against the Stamp Act and boycotts of British goods?
a. The colonies accepted the tax
b. The colonies declared independence
c. Parliament increased the tax
d. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but passed the Declaratory Act
d. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but passed the Declaratory Act
In response to the Stamp Act, some colonists started to _____________________________ British goods by refusing to buy them, which caused merchants everywhere to lose money.
A. treaty
B. provision
C. representative
D. boycott
D. boycott
Which religious movement promoted challenging the authority of church leaders and independent thinking?
A. The Great Sleep
B. The Great American Race
C. The Great Awakening
D. The Great Gatsby
C. The Great Awakening
A tax on imports
A. Tyranny
B. Boycott
C. Provision
D. Duty
D. Duty
Under the ___, all printed materials, such as newspapers, court documents, and playing cards, required an official government stamp.
A. Sugar Act
B. Proclamation of 1763
C. Declaratory Act
D. Stamp Act
D. Stamp Act
The ______ was a secret society created by Samuel Adams in Boston. They were created after the Stamp Act and protested against British policies.
A. Sons of Liberty
B. Committees of Correspondence
C. Daughters of Liberty
D. Daughters of the American Revolution
A. Sons of Liberty
Due to the boycott of British goods, merchants began to put pressure on the British Parliament to cancel or ___________________________ the Stamp Act.
A. boycott
B. tyranny
C. repeal
D. act
C. repeal
Which British philosopher believed that individuals should challenege a leader's authority because leaders only rule with the permission of the people?
A. John Adams
B. John Locke
C. George Washington
D. Samuel Adams
B. John Locke
Unjust rule by an absolute ruler
A. Duty
B. Boycott
C. Tyranny
D. Treaty
C. Tyranny
Which statement describes the Declaratory Act?
a. A law that repealed the Stamp Act. b. A law that allowed Parliament to pass laws the colonies had to follow.
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
c. Both A and B
Which protest methods were used by the Sons of Liberty against the Stamp Act? Pick 3.
a. Burning tax buildings
b. Hanging and burning effigies of stamp distributors
c. Writing formal petitions to Parliament
d. Tar and feathering tax collectors
a. Burning tax buildings
b. Hanging and burning effigies of stamp distributors
d. Tar and feathering tax collectors
The colonists viewed taxation without representation as ______________________________ and unjust.
A. duty
B. tyranny
C. grievance
D. repeal
B. tyranny
--To help pay war debts.
--To help pay for the maintenance of British troops in North America.
--To gain more control over the colonies.
What would be a good name for the list above?
A. Taxation without Representation
B. Causes of the French and Indian War
C. Treaty of Paris (1763)
D. Reasons the British government taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War
D. Reasons the British government taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War