Revolutionary War

Why did Parliament choose to raise taxes on American colonies beginning in 1763?

• To build a new home for the Royal Governor

• To buy a surplus of rice and indigo

• To help pay for the French and Indian War debt

• To increase subsidies to indigo plantation owners

What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

• A response to the Boston Tea Party

• To put a duty on lead, paint, and tea

• Prevent smuggling of French goods

• To allow colonists to move into the Cherokee Territory

Which of the followind correctly identifies the sides during the French & Indian War?

• Spanish, French, and Indians against the British

• French and Indians against the British

• British against the Cherokee

• French against the Indians

How did the colonists plan to address the problem of the Intolerable Acts?

• They begged the king for forgiveness.

• They asked Parliament to rewrite the document.

• They sent delegates to the Continental Congress.

• They attacked British forts and began a war.

A tax that Brithish Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Duties

• Continental Congress

• Sugar Act

This struggle between the British and the French in the colonies of North America was part of a worldwide war known as the Seven Years' War

• Civil War

• War of 1812

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

To refuse to buy products, goods, or use the services of a merchant or country

• Smuggle

• Mercantilism

• Picket

• Boycott

What were the colonists trying to express with the phrase "No taxation without representation!"?

• Colonists thought the king should replace the General Assembly.

• Colonists believed that every man should think for himself.

• Colonists thought that it was unfair that they had no voice in Parliament.

• Colonists did not agree with the taxes, but were going to accept them.

What did the Tea Act create?

• A law against exporting tea to the Caribbean.

• An alliance of the colonists with Asian tea markets.

• A monopoly on tea sales to the colonists through the British East India Company.

• Tax on imported tea that the colonists paid weekly.

The lawmaking body of British government

• Senate

• Congress

• King

• Parliament