Road to Revolution Quiz

The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it —

• prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles

• banned colonial trading with the American Indians

• surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?

• French & Indian War
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• French Revolution 

What word means: refuse to buy; stop buying; or refusing to give your business to a certain company or business. 

• boycott
• grievience
• tariff
• nullification 

What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act

What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the American colonies?

• Quartering Act
• Townshend Acts
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act 

In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because —

• tax rates were higher in some colonies than in others

• colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England

• American colonists lacked representation in Parliament

• landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade

This political cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. What point of view does it express?

• The colonies must unite against the French or face destruction.

• The colonies must avoid conflict with Britain or face ruin.

• The colonies must stop the swarm of poisonous snakes.

• The colonies must obtain representation in the British Parliament.

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France.

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?

• Parliament

• Congress

• House of Representatives

• First Continental Congress

France and Britain went to war over the disputed area on the map. What is this area called?

• The Great River Basin

• The Ohio River Valley

• The Spanish Florida

• The Pacific Northwest