Road to Revolution Quiz

The Sugar Act was a tax on sugar and _______

• molasses

• tea

• clothes

The French and Indian War was very _______________ for the British.

• cheap

• expensive

• long

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Tea and sugar

• mail sent between England and the American colonies

• It was an income tax on the colonial lawyers

• Printed materials like newspapers and legal documents

• Weapons such as muskets and rifles

Why did the British impose the Stamp Act?

• As payback for the repeal of the sugar act

• To repay debts formed from the French and Indian War

• To punish the colonies for the Declaration of Independence

• To help defeat the French in the 7 Years War

This law placed a tax on all printed material in the colonies including wills, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.

• The Declaratory Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Coercive Acts

These acts placed a tax only on imported goods like paper, glass, tea, and lead.

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Coercive Acts

• The Townshend Acts

• Writs of Assistance

Why was the Albany Plan rejected?

• It gave too much land to the French.

• The colonies did not want to give up their individual power.

• It gave the colonist no control over their government.

• The colonist did not want to work with the Native Americans.

This created a temporary border at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting the movement of the colonists

• Appalachian Line of 1769
• Proclamation of 1763
• Northwest Ordinance of 1767
• Colonial Border of 17

What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?

• A.  to create a plan of attack against the French
• A.  to unite the Native Americans against the French
• A.  to create one general government for the colonies

The first political cartoon produced in America was created by whom?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Samuel Adams
• Paul Revere