Benchmark review

In which event were 5 unarmed colonists killed by British soldiers?

• Boston Tea Party
• Stamp Act Riots
• Boston Massacre
• Townshend Act Boycott

The British levied punishments against the the colonist after the Boston Tea what were these punishments called

• The Townshend Acts

• The Tea Act

• The Punitive Acts

• The Intolerable Acts

The colonists were upset about _____________ without representation.

• Tea

• revolution

• Parliament

• taxation

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

What group emerged to protest the economic policies of Britain?

• Boston Elite
• Sons of Liberty
• Colonial Army
• Gorilla Warfare

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 mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

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The Sons of Liberty were:

• the children of our Founding Fathers.
• a professional dance team.
• Patriots who protested taxes.
• the writers of the Declaration of the Independence.

"No ________ without representation"

• voting
• taxation
• rights
• liberty poles

Which foreign troops helped defeat British forces at Yorktown?

• African
• German
• Spanish
• French