Colonies- to Daniel Shays's Rebellion

Why did the colonists resent British taxes?

• They felt that someone should pay the taxes for them.

• Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.

• Americans had planned to use the tax money in another country.

• They were afraid they would run out of money before their vacation.

The "sons of liberty" were formed in the 1760s primarily as a reaction to

• the Stamp Act.

• the Tea Act.

• the Boston Tea Party.

• the French and Indian War.

The shot heard round the world was shot at

• Lexington

• Philadelphia

• North Carolina

• Georgia

Who did most of the work on the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Smith

• Paul Revere

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are the ________.

• New England Colonies.

• Middle Colonies.

• Southern Colonies.

• Midwestern Colonies.

Which philosopher believed that people were born with "natural rights" that no government could take away?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacque Rousseau

• Henry Wadsworth

"No taxation without representation!" refers to which of the following ideas?

• The French had no reason to tax Native Americans.

• The Continental Congress had no right to impose taxes on independent colonies.

• Taxes could not be imposed on territories won from the French.

• The colonies should not be subject to taxes from a government in which they have no voice.

The ________ stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies "in all cases."

• Tea Act

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaratory Act

The Stamp Act taxed colonists on

• mail.

• newspapers and legal documents.

• ink.

• tea.

The Boston Tea Party caused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts, which Americans called the

• Tea Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party