Unit 2- American Revolution

Why did King George III tax the colonists so heavily?

• He hated the colonist
• He wanted more money for himself
• The national debt increase from the French and Indian War
• To make money for the colonies

The Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists to settle west of this geographical feature.

• Mississippi River

• The Adirondacks

• Appalachian Mountains

• Hudson Bay

The French and Indian War was part of a global war between ___.

• the American colonists and British

• the American colonists and French

• the French and British

• the French and Indians

What two acts did the British Parliament make that put very high taxes on printed goods and Molasses?

• Stamp and Sugar Acts

• Tea and Trade Acts

• Paper and Cake Acts

• Letter and Sweets Acts

What does Quartering mean?

• To allow troops to stay in your home
• Hitting someone with a quarter
• To give someone a quarter
• Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain

What event is depicted in this image?

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Lexington and Concord

The Boston Tea Party was a demonstration of the opposition of colonial merchants to

• a high tax on tea

• taxation without representation

• the British East India Company monopoly

• all of the above

This person was the author of Common Sense.

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• King George III

• George Washington

In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine urged American colonists to

• establish their own nation

• pay their colonial taxes

• obey the laws of Parliament

• form an alliance with France

Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry