American Revolution

All of the following are reasons King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763 EXCEPT:

• to avoid conflict with natives

• to promote westward expansion

• to keep colonists on the coast

• to keep the colonists where they could be controlled

What act lowered the tax on molasses to get colonists to stop smuggling?

• Molasses Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Coffee Act

Redcoats got access to this when the ____________ Act was passed.

• Quartering

• Townshend

• Declaratory

• Stamp

Why was the Tea Act passed?

• To encourage colonists to buy tea from the Dutch

• To make smuggling easier

• To save the British East India Company

• To increase taxes on tea

Which of the following acts/events happened last?

• Boston Tea Party

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Declaratory Act

Which term was used for colonists who strongly supported independence?

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Tory

What was the most effective method of protest colonists used to get Parliament to repeal acts?

• Tarring and feathering

• Burning effigies

• Boycotting British goods

• Petitions to Parliament

With which act did Parliament proclaim its authority to tax the colonists?

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation Act

• Declaratory Act

• Townshend Acts

Which act punished Boston by making them pay for the destroyed tea?

• Declaratory Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

What group is responsible for violent protests and anti-British propaganda?

• Propaganda Princes

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

• Pennsylvania Protest Group