Road to the Revolution

What was the British policy of ‘salutary neglect towards their colonies?

• A system of high taxes on nearly all goods to enrich the British monarch

• A system where the British mostly ignored their colonies and let them rule themselves

• A policy of severe punishment for anyone not following British laws or not paying taxes

• The granting of independence to anyone who wants it

The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it —

• prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles

• banned colonial trading with the American Indians

• surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?

• French & Indian War
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• French Revolution 

What word means: refuse to buy; stop buying; or refusing to give your business to a certain company or business. 

• boycott
• grievience
• tariff
• nullification 

What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act

What was the British policy of ‘salutary neglect towards their colonies?

• A system of high taxes on nearly all goods to enrich the British monarch

• A system where the British mostly ignored their colonies and let them rule themselves

• A policy of severe punishment for anyone not following British laws or not paying taxes

• The granting of independence to anyone who wants it

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because —

• tax rates were higher in some colonies than in others

• colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England

• American colonists lacked representation in Parliament

• landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade

What is the name of the act that the British passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid?

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Act

• The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts

In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts -

• ended trade within the colonies

• kept out products from other European nations

• forced Britain to remove most troops

• caused economic hardships for British merchants