Revolution

The unofficial British policy of lenient enforcement of parliamentary laws regarding the American colonies during the 1600's and 1700's:

• Salutary Neglect

• Joint Stock Company

• Mercantilism

• Taxation

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain and France

• Spain and Norway

• France and Spain

• Great Britain and Spain

What was the main cause of the French and Indian War (1754-1763)?

• Disputed land claims in the Ohio River Valley between the French and the British

• Conflicts between American colonists and the French over control of the Great Plains

• Taxation of American colonists without representation in Parliament

• Violation of trade agreements between European nations and Native Americans

Which of the following is NOT a contribution the French and Indian War made to the oncoming American Revolution:

• It created a closer relationship among the colonies.

• It increased the British debt causing the British in turn to increasing colonial taxes.

• The new taxes then gave the colonists an issue to protest.

• It created a closer relationship between the British and the colonists

What restricted the colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains?

• The Land Ordinance of 1776

• Proclamation Line of 1763

• Line of Demarcation

• Proclamation of 1829

Which act was a tax on sugar and molasses?

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

Which act was a tax on printed goods?

• The Townshend Acts

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

What act forced colonists to house British soldiers?

• The Quartering Act

• The Townshend Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

How many people died at the Boston Massacre?

• 10

• 5

• 100

• 2

What were colonists called who did NOT want independence?

• Patriots

• Minutemen

• Loyalists

• Traitors