2019 Road to American Revolution

The French and Indian war was between?

• France and Native Americans
• France and England
• England and American Colonies
• France and England with most Native Americans fighting for France

The law that required colonists to house & feed British soldiers?

• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts

The law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans

• Proclamation of 2016
• Stamp Act
• Indian Lands Proclamation
• Proclamation of 1763

The incident where American colonists engaged in conflict with British soldiers on King Street, and British soldiers shot & killed 5 American colonists

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Battle at Lexington
• Boston Red Sox

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Sugar
• Animal furs
• Paper products
• Glass

Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?

• Pay for the cost of a new navy.
• Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
• Show colonists who was in charge.
• Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.

How did the Sons of Liberty use the Boston Massacre to promote their movement?

• They portrayed the British as the aggressors.
• They claimed that people died because of harsh taxes.
• They called for the boycott of British tea and sugar.
• They gathered members from the victim’s families.

What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to persuade England to end slavery in America
• to list reasons the colonies should be free from England
• to provide a plan for financing the American Revolution
• to convince the king to grant colonists more land

Colonists were especially upset with the British government because it did not allow the -

• colonial business to support royal taxes

• colonists to have representation in Parliament

• powers of colonial legislatures to increase

• laws passed by parliament to govern the colonies

Which of these was a common slogan associated (connected) with the American Revolution?

• "Remember the Alamo!"
• "No taxation without representation!"
• "Fifty-four forty or fight!"
• "Remember the Maine!"