The Spirit of Independence and the American Revolution

Which of the following was NOT an advantage granted to the British by the Proclamation of 1763?

• It helped keep the peace between Native Americans and colonists.

• It kept colonists near the Atlantic Coast, where British authority was stronger.

• It allowed Britain to control westward expansion and the fur trade in the Ohio River Valley.

• It gave special privileges to French.

Why initially did Britain levy (impose) new taxes on the Thirteen Colonies?

• They needed new revenue (income) to pay for the French and Indian War and troops stationed in the Colonies.

• They wanted to punish the colonists for picking fights with Native Americans.

• The new king of Britain demanded more money.

• Britain did not raise taxes; they lowered them.

Even though the Sugar Act lowered the tax on molasses, it angered the colonists. Why?

• King George III referred to the colonists as “uncivilized savages”.

• The Sugar Act violated their rights to a trial by jury and security in their own homes.

• The British closed the port of New York.

• The colonists weren’t angry. They were happy with the Sugar Act.

Committees of correspondence are best described as...

• Organizations that deliberately spread false information about colonial leaders such as Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.

• Organizations that are strictly loyal to the King and British authority.

• Organizations that write letters to the elderly and sick.

• Organizations that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.

The Coercive Acts...

• Banned town meetings in Massachusetts

• Closed Boston Harbor until the colonists agreed to pay for the ruined tea.

• Forced the colonies to let British soldiers live among the colonists in their cities.

• All of the above

The Boston Tea Party occurred in response to the

• The Stamp Act

• The Tea Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Sugar Act

What British regulation prohibited colonist from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Townshend Acts

• Coercive Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

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

• Sons of Liberty

• Minutemen

• Loyalists

• Patriots

What does the preamble to the Declaration of Independence say?

• It spelled out the colonist’ complaints against Britain.

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

• It proclaimed the existence of the new nation.

• It explained their reasons for forming a new country.

In September of 1774, each colony sent delegates to the First Continental Congress except

• Connecticut

• Delaware

• Georgia

• All of the above