The Road to Revolution 1763-1776

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• To prevent the French from settling the Ohio Valley

• To declare that English colonists had the right to settle the Ohio Valley all the way to the Mississippi River

• To prevent the English colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• To declare that the King had the right to tax colonists in all areas

The Stamp Act was a tax on stamps.

• True

• False

The Sugar Act angered the colonists because it did what?

• Raised the taxes on sugar and molasses

• Lowered the taxes on sugar and molasses, but allowed officers to search for smuggled goods and seize property

• Prevented all sugar from being imported into the colonies

• Proclaimed that only sugar produced in the British West Indies was allowed to be imported into the colonies

How many people were killed during the Bloody Massacre?

• 5

• 50

• 10

• 23

What was the result of colonists' boycotts of English goods?

• The French and Indian War broke out

• English merchants lost money and led to the repeal of the Stamp Act

• The king shut down Boston Harbor

• France replaced England as our main source for imported goods

Who was a prominent member of the Sons of Liberty?

• Paul Revere

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

• All of the above

The Quartering Act angered the colonists because it made them do what?

• Pay a quarter each time they travelled to a different colony

• Pay a "quarter" of their earnings to the king as a tax

• House and feed British soldiers in their homes

Why was England broke, and needing to raise taxes on the colonies?

• The king was spending too much money on palaces

• They lost the French and Indian War, and they had to pay the French for the cost of the war

• They won the French and Indian War, but the war had been expensive and they could not afford to guard all of the new land

• The Spanish American War bankrupted the American colonies

The Intolerable Acts were a direct result of what?

• The Boston Massacre

• The repeal of the Stamp Act

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Tea Party

Why did England close Boston Harbor in 1774?

• To punish the people of Boston and make them pay for all of the tea they dumped into Boston Harbor

• To prevent smuggling of tea into America

• Because the king was mad that the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were put on trial and convicted

• It was too much competition for New York Harbor