Unit 3

* Sugar Act 
*Quartering Act
*Townshend Acts
*Boston Massacre
*Boston Tea Party
* Intolerable Acts
What title would most accurately describe the events listed above?

• The Abuse of Power by American Colonial Legislatures
• The Effects of British Navigation Acts
• Forms of Colonial Protest
• Events Leading to the American Revolution

The British act which prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains because the region was too costly for the British to protect was the-

• Navigation Act
• Declaratory Act 
• Proclamation Act
• Townshend Act

The American colonists used the slogan, "No taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for--

• Parliamentary supremacy
• mercantilism
• economic independence
• the consent of the governed

What was the main reason the British began taxing the colonists after the French and Indian War?

• Because the British needed money to pay off debts after the French and Indian War
• Because the British disliked the representative assemblies the colonies had established
• Because the colonists were responsible for losing the French and Indian War
• Because they needed money to fight other wars in Europe

What American victory persuaded France to ally with America to fight against the British?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Trenton

This event officially ended the Revolutionary War and gave America all of the land east of the Mississippi River.

• Treaty of Paris 1783
• Treaty of France 1781
• Treaty of Paris 1763
• Battle of Yorktown

The first Continental Congress was significant due to its-

• success in gaining repeal of the Stamp Act
• reducing the tensions between the British and the colonist
• naming George Washington as commander of the Continental Army
• attendance by representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies

* Committees of Correspondence
* Petitions to the King
* Boston Tea Party
* First Continental Congress
Which heading best completes the list above?

• Colonial Attempts to End the British Policy of Salutary Neglect
• Colonial Responses to British Mercantile Policies
• British Actions to Punish Colonial Americans
• Protests Against Slavery in the American Colonies

According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of government is to--

• provide strong military leadership
• protect a nation from foreign invations
• ensure the stability of a country's economy
• protect the rights of the individual

The American Revolution officially began with the "shot heard 'round the world" at the-

• Battle of New York
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battles of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Princeton