Road to Revolution

As a result of the French and Indian War

• Colonists were grateful to Britain for the protection it provided during the war
• The colonists learned they were able to come together to defend themselves
• The Native Americans were subdued and the colonists were able to expand westward across the Appalachians 
• France gained land in Florida and the American southwest

The Boston Tea Party

• resulted in the British agreeing to allow colonial representation in Parliament
• was a protest against the Intolerable Acts
• caused the protest that resulted in the Boston Massacre
• was considered an act of civil disobedience by many colonists, but as a criminal act by the British

A patriot describes someone who supported the fight for independence

• True
• False

The Treaty of Paris 1763 gave all land west of the Appalachians and east of the Mississippi to Britain

• True
• False

The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and Tea Act all

• forced Britain to recognize the need for colonial representation in Parliament
• resulted in a British boycott of colonial goods
• resulted in the colonists deciding to manufacture their own goods to avoid taxes on British goods
• resulted in protests and/or boycotts

The Treat of Paris (1763) ended the French and Indian War

• True
• False

The Proclamation of 1763 was made because

• Britain wanted to encourage colonial expansion west of the Appalachians
• of conflict between Native Americans and colonial settlers in the Ohio River Valey
• Britain wanted to grant the lands to the Native Americans who has supported Britain during the war

After the French and Indian war, a major source of conflict between the British and the colonists was

• Britain's refusal to protect colonial settlers in the Ohio River Valley
• colonial resistance to Britain's banning of the slave trade
• Britains attempt to pay its war debt by taxing the colonists
• Britain's favoring of the rights of the Native Americans over the British in the Ohio River Valley

The colonists objected to British taxation because

• the colonists had no representation in Parliament
• the taxes were too high and caused severe economic distress
• the colonies had only one representative in Parliament and wanted one for each colony

Samuel Adams formed the Sons of Liberty in response to the Stamp Act in order to protest against British tyranny

• False
• True