7th Grade Review Quiz #3

Why were the colonists OUTRAGED about the Proclamation of 1763?

• It made them move west
• It created a religious divide in the colonies
• It stopped them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
• It did not allow them to move east of the Atlantic Ocean

Why did British economic policy change towards the colonies?

• Britain was in debt due to its war with Spain
• Britain needed extra money to pay off mercenaries 
• Cash crops were needed in the colonies
• War debt due to the French and Indian War

What is Salutary Neglect?

• When a parent drops a child off and never go back to get him/her
• When a marine salutes an officer in the army
• Britain left the colonies alone to fend for themselves
• Not allowing the colonies to interact with Native Americans

 The stamp act was imposed on paper goods such as newspapers and playing cards.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What law forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.

• True
• False

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

Why was Great Britain taxing the colonies?

• To help open jobs

• To punish the colonists

• To help pay debt from the French and Indian War

• To help with trading

An angry crowd of workers surrounded a small group of British soldiers and were fired upon was called the ________.

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Rebellion
• Boston Treaty 
• Boston Tea Party