American Revolution and Articles of Confederation

This is the theory that the colonies exist for the economic benefit for the mother country.

• Stamp Act
• Mercantilism
• Free Enterprise
• Intolerable Acts

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.

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they--

• Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
• Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
• Resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
• Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

The American colonists were dissatisfied with the---

• Political debates that took place at the Albany Convention.
• Interference of Great Britain in the slave trade
• Economic consequences of the Great Awakening
• Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.

• True
• False

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists

• King George surrendered

• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament.

What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?

• "He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people"
• "For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent"
• He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for thee public good."
• "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."

Where was the Loyalist strength the strongest?

• In New England
• In New York
• In the Carolinas and Georgia
• In the Ohio River Valley

The Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in order to —

• A  guarantee the individual rights of citizens against government abuse
• A  explain the reasons for the colonists’ separation from Great Britain
• A  create a stronger central government for the thirteen new states
• A  provide a method for territories to become new states

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