Road to Revolution

Which of the following British actions led the American colonists to claim that taxes were imposed without their consent?

• Passage of the Stamp Act
• Creation of the Intolerable Acts
• Administration of the Quebec Act
• Enforcement of the Quartering Act

The British imposed taxes on the colonists to help pay the expenses of fighting
the —

• American Indian tribes
• American Revolution
• Spanish Armada
• French and Indian War

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?

• It imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament.
• It required all colonial goods to be sold directly to Great Britain.
• It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
• It replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.

Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?

• Plymouth
• Saratoga
• Boston
• Lexington

Many of the protests and demonstrations that followed the Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts were examples of which of the following?

• Boycott
• Civil disobedience
• Natural rights
• Unalienable rights

The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to —

• the Boston Massacre.
• the Intolerable Acts.
• Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
• taxation without representation.

The British Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by—

• passing the Intolerable Acts.
• repealing the Stamp Acts.
• creating the British East India Company.
• organizing the First Continental Congress.

What significant outcome of the French and Indian War eventually led to the American Revolution?

• Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense and offered no reimbursement.
• Britain did not offer aid to colonists during the war but still declared sovereignty over them.
• The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in the British government.
• Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war.

The Intolerable Acts were —

• the acts passed by British Parliament forcing colonists to give the government a portion of their salary.
• what the colonists called the strict laws passed by British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party.
• the first acts passed by the House of Burgesses that forced the colonists to enlist in military service.
• what the colonists called the laws passed by the House of Burgesses forcing them to pay a tax on most paper products.

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 —

• taxation without representation.
• virtual representation.
• direct military action.
• popular sovereignty.