Common Assessment 3

Up until the _____ the colonies had assemblies that passed laws, with little British intervention.

• 1760s
• 1800s
• 1720s
• 1750s

Which group was the big winner in terms of territory at the end of the French and Indian War?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• American Indians

At the conclusion of the French and Indian war Great Britain?

• Gained very little territory.
• Gained territory west of the Mississippi River.
• Had a huge war debt.
• Allowed colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

American Indians benefited from the passage of which law by the British that colonists saw as Tyranny?

• Proclamation of 1763
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Tea Act

Sons of Liberty were formed by members of which group?

• Loyalists
• Native Americans
• Patriots
• Tories

Which of the following was not taxed as a result of the Stamp Act?

• newspapers
• legal documents
• playing cards
• tea

Why did the colonists hate the new taxes that Parliament was passing?

• They believed citizens should not be taxed.
• They saw it as taxation without representation.
• People in Great Britain paid less taxes than they did.
• People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.

How did Parliament eventually react to the colonists' protests to the Stamp Act?

• They repealed it.
• They increased the tax.
• They arrested those who complained.
• They tarred and feathered those who did not pay.

The Townshend Acts led to the 

• French and Indian War
• Boycott on British goods.
• Expansion of British Empire
• Proclamation of 1763.

Why did the events on March 5, 1770 get called the Boston Massacre?

• Described the truth of what happened.
• created trouble for the colonists.
• warned of deadly viruses in Boston.
• created anti-British Sentiment.