Unit 2 Review

The stamp Act made the colonies mad because....

• It was the first time that parliament imposed a direct tax on the colonies.

• It imposed massive duties on the colonies

• it was the first time Parliament imposed duties on the colones.

• it took badly needed revenue away from the colonial legislatures.

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists were glad that the British government was finally stepping into help the colonies with their taxes

• The colonists didn't think they should be taxed by a government they didn't get to take part in

• The colonists thought that the British government should be harsher on the French after defeating them in the French and Indian War.

• The colonists were unhappy with the King of England because he was requiring too many of them to fight in the French and Indian War.

What is the connection between the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party?

• The Tea Act required colonists to buy tea from a British company.

• The Tea Act was a tax on tea, the main thing the colonist drank

• The Tea Act was a law requiring colonists to drink tea instead of coffee.

• The Tea Act was a law passed by the Boston government in response to the Townshend Acts.

Why did the British government impose new taxes on the colonists?

• The British needed funds to pay back the money they borrowed during the French and Indian War.

• The colonists had fail to pay taxes in the past, so the British wanted to punish them.

• The British wanted to prove that they were more powerful than the colonist.

• Great Britain wanted the colonist to pay for stamps.

Why was it difficult to pass laws under the Articles of Confederation?

• The congress did not meet often enough to pass laws

• It was too difficult for all of the states to agree on changing the Articles of Confederation.

• There were too many groups that could make laws

• In order to pass a law the President had to approve it.

How did the Articles of Confederation affect the states?

• It made states feel connected.

• It made states unable to agree on anything because there were 13 states.

• Larger populated states were angered by lack of power.

• States declared war on each other.

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________.

• The ability of Congress to tax.

• The weakness of Congress to collect taxes.

• The ability of Congress to declare war.

• The ability of Congress to create courts.

In order to pay for the French and Indian War, England had to raise ______________.

• troops

• crops

• taxes

• an army

The person that actually wrote the Declaration of Independence was?

• Sam Adams
• George Washington
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson

What 2 countries were fighting in the French and Indian War?

• America and France
• France and Britain
• Britain and Germany
• France and Spain