Creating a New America

How did the relations between Britain and the colonies change after the Seven Years War?

• They got better because they created an alliance.

• It stayed the same and the colonies and Britain decided to form a stronger army.

• They worsened as Britain tried to impose control in the colonies.

Why did Britain try to tax the colonies?

• To earn revenue to pay debts carried over from the French and Indian War and to pay for housing troops in the colonies.

• Because of greed.

• Because they were upset about the war in general.

• To start a fund to build their own economy.

Why did the colonists cry “No taxation without representation”?

• Because they felt that they should not have been taxed without representation in Parliament.

• Because they wanted to make their own rules.

• Life and Liberty laws were compromised.

• The colonist had become used to complaining and this was just another reason to complain.

How did the colonists protest the Towshend Acts?

• They burned the town of Massachusetts

• The President rejected the act and issued an order to hold any further movements to implement a new act.

• They organized a boycott of British goods and help peaceful protests. Sometimes they reacted violently.

• They accepted the new act without contest.

True or false. The Sons of Liberty exaggerated the Boston Massacre incident to raise ant-British feelings.

• True

• False

True or False. Groups of leaders in various towns and colonies exchanged emails and messages in a bottle to relay information.

• True

• False

What prompted the Boston Tea Party?

• The Tea Act of 1917

• The Peace Treaty of the Colonies

• The hunger strike initiated by the colonist.

• None of the above.

Who was NOT one of the riders of the Midnight Ride?

• Paul Revere

• Aaron Lexington

• William Dawes

• Samuel Prescott

Where was the1st Continental Congress held?

• Massachusetts

• Great Britain

• Washington D.C.

• Philadelphia

Why did Britain pass the Intolerable Act?

• To gain power over the colonies

• To reduce taxes in America.

• To punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

• To easily find cause to add more laws to the colonists.