American Revolution 2

Which British laws were passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Act
• Stamp Act

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What event was depicted in the engraving above?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Red Sox

• The Boston Sons of Liberty

What act of civil disobedience occurred in the painting above?

• Lexington and Concord

• The Battle of Yorktown

• Paul Reveres Ride

• The Boston Tea Party

What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?

• France owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Natives owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists could move west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

The French and Indian War, unfair taxes in the colonies, along with many other events all led to what eventually?

• World War I
• American Revolution
• World War II
• Civil War

What does “taxation without representation” mean?

• taxing someone without giving them a voice in government
• not taxing a certain group of people
• taxing someone who does not live in the country
• taxing everyone the same amount
  

The British began taxing to pay for what?

• The king's lavish lifestyle.

• The Cherokee War.

• Cost of becoming a royal colony.

• The French and Indian War.

What did the Quartering Act say?

• British Soldiers could search your house without a cause to

• Colonists had to pay a tax on thier houses

• Colonists had to allow British Soldiers to stay in their homes

• British Soldiers could seize any house they wanted

In general, how did the colonists view the Proclamation of 1763?

• They felt that it supported their freedom and they SUPPORTED it.

• They felt it was an infringement on their freedom of movement and were ANGRY about it.

• They were not involved so it did not affect them.

• They supported it because they believed the King had the AUTHORITY to make this law.

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
• The colonists had no representation in Parliament
• The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
• The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy