Unit 6 Steps to the American Revolution

Who won the French and Indian War?

• France
• England

How did the Colonists react to the Stamp Act? 

• The colonists burned effigies
• The Colonists boycotted British Goods
• The Colonits created the Stamp Act Congress
• All of the above

The French and Indian War left Britain with a huge debt. How did the British government plan to pay repay its war debts?

• by selling western lands to Native Americans
• by forcing the colonists to trade only with Britain
• by passing new tax laws for the colonies
• by printing money that only could be used in the colonies

What statement best explain the British government’s reason for imposing taxes on American colonies?

• England was in massive debt following the French and Indian War.
• England was providing more rights and economic assistance to the colonies.
• The colonies had not contributed to defeating the French during the war.
• The British government was trying to raise money to expand colonies to the west.

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

All of the following are ways the colonists protested the Parliamentary Acts EXCEPT

• Tar and Feathering Tax Collectors 
• Burning people in effigies
• Boycotting taxed items
• Buying only some taxed items

The Townshend Acts of 1767 

• Taxed Legal Documents
• Taxed Sugar and Molasses
• Taxed Taxes
• Taxed Paper, Glass, Lead, Paint, and Tea

The Writs of Assistance

• Allowed officials to inspect a ship's cargo without permission
• Only Allows officials to inspect a ship's cargo with permission
• Assists wrists when they hurt
• Was accepted by the colonists

Sons/Daughters of Liberty did all of the following EXCEPT

• create groups of colinists to repeal the Parliamentary Acts
• Urged colonists not to buy or import taxed goods
• Were found in every major city in the colonies
• Did not allow women to join their groups

What did the British Parliament make the colonists pay?

• Taxes
• Fees
• Gold and Spices