SSUSH3 Mini Assessment

How did colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763? 

• They resisted the British regulation of colonial agriculture. 
• They supported the right to manufacture goods within the colonies. 
• They opposed the ban on colonial expansion into western lands. 
•  They accepted the presence of more British troops to protect the colonies. 

Identify the main idea of the quote below: 
     The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can  be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.”  Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765

• The colonial legislatures should be appointed by the English King with the consent of Parliament. 
• Only the colonist’s elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes. 
• a)   The English King should have the right to tax the colonies. 
• The colonists should oppose all taxation. 

What were Thomas Paine's reasons for writing Common Sense?

• It warns people not to give the British actions too much thought.
• It encourages people to accept what has already been established as right.
• It shows that he believes the British were right in their actions against the colonists.
• It prompts people to examine the British actions and question whether or not they are right.

The actions of the Sons of Liberty in Boston at the Tea Party led the British to

• Leave the colonies
• Pass the Intolerable Acts shutting the port of Boston
• Execute participants who were caught at the tea party
• Seize America ships and blockade American ports

What British action in 1765 prompted the colonists to resort to violence and protests, claiming that only their own elected representative governments could tax them?

• The Tea Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Quartering Act
• The Intolerable Acts

How did the relationship between Britain and the colonies change after the French and Indian War? 

• The colonists enjoyed more freedoms and fewer restrictions than before the war.
• The British placed unfair taxes on the colonists to pay war debt and the colonists rebelled.
• The British no longer saw the need to maintain the colonies and began the process of giving the colonists their independence.
• The colonists were angry that their neighbors from France were forced to leave the colonies and they started to rebel against Parliament.

In which war did the French persuaded their Indian allies to join them in preventing further settlement in the region west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• American Revolutionary War
• French and Indian War
• French Revolution
• War of the Roses 

What was a direct result of the French and Indian War?

• Increased taxation of the Americans
• Rapid western migration of American settlers
• The surrender of Great Britain over Spanish Florida
• The expansion of French holdings in North America

Members of the Sons of Liberty boarded the three tea ships and destroyed the cargo in this event.

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Stamp Act Congress
• Battle of Lexington and Concord 

Parliament passed a series of laws designed to punish the American colonies, and especially Massachusetts, for attack on the British ships.

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend