The American Revolution

When Britain did not enforce the Navigation Acts it was an example of _________.

• salutary neglect
• tax revenue
• sovereignty
• embargo

Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• Townshend Acts

What was the religious movement that helped unite the American colonies?

• Great Awakening
• Protestant Reformation
• Red Scare
• French & Indian War

His beliefs about natural rights helped influence the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke
• King John
• Jawill Paige
• Abe Lincoln

This was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Townshend Act

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What was this poster's meaning?

• The Colonies needed to be united
• Serpents can grow back together
• Colonies need to be independent
• Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this

What law decreed that the colonist could not settle to the west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Quartering Act
• Declaration of Independence
• Proclamation of 1763
• Intolerable Act

Written by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet sold 500,000 copies and helped sway colonists towards independence

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• 2 Treatise of Government
• Common Sense

This secret society formed by Boston patriots stirred a protest movement to upset British policies.

• Sons of Anarchy
• The Secret Loyalists
• Sons of Liberty
• The Continentals

The Proclamation in 1763 made colonists angry because

• It blocked them from moving east
• It blocked them from moving west
• It blocked them from free trade
• It blocked them from setting their own taxes