Road to Revolution

What effect did the Enlightenment have on political thought in the colonies?

• Colonial leaders began extending voting rights to all citizens

• Colonists began to question the authority of the British monarchy

• The First Continental Congress determined a need for a federal bill of rights

• Colonial leaders began advocating the adoption of a state-supported church

Which act said that colonists could only trade sugar and cotton with England?

• Navigation Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

Which side did Native Americans take in the French and Indian War?

• the British

• the French

• Native Americans did not fight in the French and Indian War

• Different groups sided with each country

How did the British victory in the French and Indian War contribute to the beginning of the American Revolution?

• Great Britain tried to trade western Virginia to France for Montreal

• Great Britain forced new taxes on American colonists to pay for war debts

• Great Britain tried to sell to France territory conquered during the war

• Great Britain forced American colonists to migrate across the Appalachians

The Proclamation of 1763 stated that

• The French had to surrender their North American territories to the British

• British settlers were not to settle lands won during the American Revolution

• The British government could tax the colonies even if the colonies had no representation

• British settlers were not to settle in the lands won during the French and Indian War

Why did some colonists reject the idea of “virtual representation”?

• Parliament taxed colonists without their consent

• Parliament revoked laws that were unpopular in the colonies

• The king allowed lords to seize colonial businesses and houses

• The king punished colonists who led protests

What was the first act passed by the British Parliament to raise money in the colonies after the French and Indian War?

• Stamp

• Sugar

• Quartering

• Intolerable

Which act led to the eventual Third Amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights?

• Quartering

• Stamp

• Sugar

• Intolerable

Which of the following laws taxed printed materials and led to colonial boycotts against British goods?

• Sugar

• Declaratory

• Stamp

• Proclamation of 1763

Which of the following best describes why many colonists reacted with anger towards the Stamp Act?

• The colonists supported more taxes

• The colonists did not want international tea prices to go up

• The colonists opposed anything that would tax business transactions

• The colonists did not want to buy British goods