Causes of American Revolution Formative Assessment #1

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 

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

Which significant outcome of the French and Indian War eventually led to the American Revolution?

• Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war.
• Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense and offered no reimbursement.
• The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in the British government.
• Britain did not offer aid to colonists during the war but still declared sovereignty over them.

After continued protests, the Townshend Act was mostly repealed. What was the only piece that was not? (#3 of homework)

• The tax on tea

• The tax on imports

• The tax on legal document

• The tax on lead and glass

Why did Parliament pass the Stamp Act?

• to pay the costs of defending the colonies.
• to stop the colonists from smuggling goods.
• to prevent colonists from trading with foreign nations.
• to discourage the colonists from exporting goods.

The passage of the Townshend Acts led to- (#2 of homework)

• the French and Indian War.

• the Boston Tea Party

• a boycott of British goods.

• the Proclamation of 1763.

What did the Townshend Acts do? (#1 of homework)

• put a restriction on storage for the colonists

• give colonists in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston a curfew

• taxed all imports into the colonies

• taxed products made in the colonies