US History: Chapter 5 Review

What British regulation prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Townshend Acts

• Coercive Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

Why did colonists object to the Sugar Act?

• It prevented colonists from trading with other nations.

• It violated colonists' right to be secure in their homes.

• It taxed colonists with their consent.

• It made sugar much more expensive.

What was the purpose of the committees of correspondence?

• to write protests to the king

• to oversee trials in British courts

• to handle problems with Native Americans

• to share information among colonies

What resulted from the Coercive Acts?

• Boston Harbor was closed until the colonists paid for tea dumped at the Boston Tea Party.

• The area west of the Appalachians and north of the Ohio River became part of Quebec.

• The tax on molasses imported into the colonies was raised.

• A tax was collected on almost all printed material sold in the colonies.

What name was given to American colonists who sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution?

• Sons of Liberty

• minutemen

• Loyalists

• Patriots

What did the preamble to the Declaration of Independence say?

• It spelled out the colonists' complaints against Britain.

• It listed the rights the colonists believed they should have.

• It proclaimed the existence of the new nation.

• It stated that people who wish to form a new country should explain their reasons for doing so.

According to the map, the battles of Lexington and Concord were fought...

• three days apart.

• at the same location.

• on the same day.

• in New York.

Based on the map, who traveled in a southeasterly directions to the battle at Concord?

• the Loyalists

• the British troops

• the colonial messengers

• the Patriot troops