Ch. 10 Tensions Grow Between the Colonies & Britain

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?

• the Proclamation of 1763

• the Quartering Act

• the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

• the Stamp Act

The Townshend Act put a tax on what?

• all imported British goods

• only food items grown in the south

• paper products

• items colonists were exporting

Why was the French & Indian War fought?

• Spain was trying to move north into British land

• France & the Indians were fighting over forts

• Britain & the Indians were fighting over land

• France & Britain were fighting over land control

How did colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• They disliked it but went along with it.

• They considered it a fair tax.

• They protested until it was repealed.

• They ignored it.

Which of these was an outcome of the French & Indian War?

• Relations between the colonists and Great Britain improved.

• France defeated Great Britain

• The British went deeply into debt to fight in the war.

• British territory was reduced.

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?

• the Stamp Act

• the Intolerable Acts

• the Quartering Acts

• the Boston Massacre

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• to reward American Indians

• to punish the settlers

• to make money for the war

• to protect the colonists

How did a group of colonists express their anger about the Tea Act?

• They burned crates of British tea along Dorchester Bay.

• They forced American Indians to destroy the British tea.

• They boarded British ships and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

• They secretly switched out all the tea with coffee.

How did the British Parliament react to the Boston Tea Party?

• It passed the Coercive Acts to force colonies to obey Britain.

• It passed laws that closed down all of the colonies.

• It allowed colonists to send representatives to Parliament.

• It declared war against its own colonies.

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

• Panicking British soldiers killed five colonists in an unplanned burst of violence.

• Colonial sharpshooters killed dozens of British soldiers in a surprise attack.

• Colonists killed twenty-six British soldiers in a formal battle on Boston Common.

• The British army killed hundreds of colonists in a brutal day-long battle.