Unit 0 American Revolution

Which of the following reasons best describes why the French and Indian War was an indirect cause of the American Revolution?

• The war created taxes that the colonists could not afford to pay.

• The war created the start of a snowball of discontent among the colonists who had no one to speak for them in Parliament

• The war created an immediate need for protection against Natives.

• The war created discontent with British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

Which of the following best led to the Proclamation of 1763?

• Native American attacks on settlers like Pontiac’s Rebellion

• The militias not receiving their pay checks from the colonies

• Colonists fearing an uprising of armed slaves

• Britain needing to pay off the war debt

If the Proclamation of 1763 would not have occurred, the American Revolution may have been delayed. This statement is most likely:

• true, because the colonists protests were about land.

• true, because the Proclamation caused the Quartering Act.

• false, because the colonists were allied with the Native Americans.

• false, because Britain still needed colonists’ taxes to pay for the war.

Which of the following actions would a loyalist have been least likely to take during the Revolution?

• Flee the colonies for England

• Support the Olive Branch Petition

• Oppose the Declaration of Indepedence

• Join the Continental Army

How did propaganda push the idea of Revolution?

• By presenting a political point of view with a certain bias towards independence

• By exposing the king as a tyrant

• By presenting both sides of the issue and letting the people decide.

• By convincing people to look at newspapers

Which of the following best describes why the victory at the Battle of Saratoga was so important to the Patriots?

• It allowed the Declaration of Independence to be issued

• It forced the British army to retreat from Boston

• It convinced France to aid the colonists in their fight

• It caused the British government to surrender

Why were the colonies so angry about the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

• It required them to give one quarter of their salaries as taxes to the King

• It required the colonies to provide housing and supplies to the British soldiers

• It gave the colonists a quarter of the representation they were looking for.

• It only allowed the colonists to use the Boston Harbor after one quarter of the tea was repaid

A redcoat knocks on your door, barges in, and takes over your bedroom.  What law permitted this in the colonies?

• Sugar Act

• Navigation Act

• Quartering Act

• Barracks Act

9. Which of the following was an effect of the Townshend Acts (taxes on glass, wood, paint, pretty much everything!)? Select 2.

• Proclamation of 1763

• French & Indian War

• Boycott of British goods

• Boston Massacre

Which of the following statements best describes why the colonists were so upset about the taxes imposed by Great Britain?

• They did not believe in any form of taxation.

• They had no representatives to vote on the tax.

• People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.

• People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.