Chapter 5 Study Guide

What were the goals of the Proclamation Line of 1763?

• The British wanted to build forts along the proclamation line to defend the colonies and monitor trade.

• The British wanted to keep peace with the American Indians to encourage trade and avoid another costly war.

• The British wanted to keep peace with the American Indians to develop a profitable trade relationship.

• The British wanted to encourage colonies to expand west, beyond the Appalachian Mountains

How did the Proclamation Line affect the colonists?

• Colonists who already lived across the line had to move back.

• Forced the American Indians to attack.

• Forced the colonists to pay taxes.

• Allowed them to move West of the Appalachian Mountains.

How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?

• They continued to cross the line to move West.

• They supported the British law and moved back to the colonies.

• They began a war with the American Indians.

• They moved back to Great Britain.

Why did Britain begin charging various taxes on the colonies?

• To repay war debts from the French and Indian War.

• Because it was easy to make money off of the colonists.

• To repay France since they lost the war.

• Because King George III is an evil man.

Overall, why were the colonists so upset with the taxes?

• They were being taxed without representation.

• They couldn't afford to eat.

• Literally everything was being taxed.

• Taxes were illegal.

What was the Writs of Assistance?

• Properties could be searched for smuggled goods.

• Tax on sugar.

• Colonists forced to give room and board to a soldier.

• Tax on paper products.

What was the Sugar Act?

• Tax on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint

• Tax on sugar.

• Tax on all imported goods.

• Tax on paper products.

What was the Stamp Act?

• Tax on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint

• Tax on sugar.

• Tax on all imported goods.

• Tax on paper products.

What was the Quartering Act?

• Properties could be searched for smuggled goods.

• Colonists were "virtually represented" in Parliament.

• Colonists forced to give room and board to a soldier.

• Colonists forced to buy all products from Britain.

What was the Declaratory Act?

• Properties could be searched for smuggled goods.

• Colonists were "virtually represented" in Parliament.

• Colonists forced to give room and board to a soldier.

• Colonists forced to buy all products from Britain.