Am Rev Review

The Stamp Act (1765) placed a tax on every newspaper, book, and legal document in the British colonies. Which description of the Stamp Act is written from the viewpoint of a member of the British PARLIAMENT?

• Britain has the right to tax the colonists and repay debts made in their defense

• The Stamp Act is unfair since it was enacted without the consent of the colonists

• The colonists should not be forced to pay a tax they strongly oppose

• The Stamp Act is likely to provoke a war between Britain and its colonies

Who was the first to die during the Boston Massacre?

• James Armistead

• Crispus Attucks

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Phyllis Wheatley

Which title most accurately describes this timeline?

• Forms of Colonial Protest

• The Effects of British Navigation Acts

• Events leading to the American Revolution

• The Abuse of Power by American Colonial Legislatures

The British government allowed the East India Company to sell directly to the colonists under the Tea Act. What event occurred to protest this action?

• Boston Massacre

• Trial of British soldiers as a result of murdering innocent civilians

• March on Lexington

• Boston Tea Party

The main reason that Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to-

• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians

• make profits by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• protect the French Catholics of Quebec

The American colonists used the slogan "No taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for-

• economic dependence

• the consent of the governed

• mercantilism

• Parliamentary supremacy

According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen original COLONIES was to PROVIDE Great Britain with-

• workers and manufactured goods

• raw materials and markets

• naval bases

• military recruits

Which set of events is in the correct chronological order?

• Boston Tea Party-> Declaration of Independence-> French and Indian War-> Navigation Acts

• Navigation Acts-> French and Indian War-> Boston Tea Party-> Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Independence-> French and Indian War-> Boston Tea Party-> The Mayflower Compact

• French and Indian War-> Declaration of Independence-> Founding of Jamestown-> Boston Tea Party

Which statement is most consistent with the views of Samuel Adams?

• Taxation without representation is tyranny

• Colonists should be grateful to be part of the British Empire

• Citizens, under British rule, should support King George III

• The English King deserves respect and loyalty from his subjects

Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of civil disobedience?

• colonists throwing British tea into the Boston Harbor

• placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France

• paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors

• firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts