2023 AMS Revolutionary Era

What was a result of the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain was defeated.

• Britain became wealthy

• Colonists believed that Britain abandon them

• Britain became heavily indebted

To protest Britain's passing of the Stamp Act, Samuel Adams and others created the...

• the Sons of Liberty

• Boston Anti-Tax Society

• The Minutment Coalition

• Albany Plan of Union

What action did John Adams do in response to the Boston Massacre?

• He wrote letters to raise military support.

• He had the British solders arrested for murder.

• He had the soldiers deported.

• He defended the soldiers because he believes in the law.

Which group of colonists wanted greater colonial rights from Great Britain and protested by saying "no taxation without representation"?

• Loyalists

• Nationalists

• Republicans

• Patriots

When colonists boycotted British products, imports from Britain would...

• increase

• decrease

• remain the same

• become more expensive

What acts were passed by Parliament in 1774 to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

What law did the British pass to prevent the colonists from crossing west of the Appalachian Mountains and potentially fighting with the Native Americans after the French & Indian War?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

Why did the British army march to Concord?

• To escape a Patriot army.

• To make a treaty with Native Americans

• To attack an invading French army

• To find hidden patriot weapons

What is the term for when a law or act is cancelled?

• petition

• levy

• repeal

• boycott

Why did the colonists start protesting against the British?

• They were upset with the Albany Plan of Union

• They were upset with British economic policies after the French and Indian War.

• They were upset with the economic consequences of the Great Awakening.

• They were upset with British interference in the slave trade