Assignment 1 - American History

To raise money, Britain decided to make the American colonies pay for the war.

• By asking the colonies to share their incomes.
• By imposing duties.
• By asking the colonies to send money back to England.

George III issued a Proclamation in 1763.

• It imposed duties on the colonies.
• It forbade colonists to export products to other countries other than Great Britain.
• It forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachians until proper treaties had been made with the Amerindians

As for Samuel Adams and the Boston Massacre... (2 options are OK)

• Adams' letter did a great deal to strengthen opposition to British rule.
• Adams' letter did a great deal to lower tensions between the British and the colonists.
• Adam's letter genuinely described a cruel reaction that the British soldiers had against the colonists.
• Adam's letter falsely described a cruel reaction that the British soldiers had against the colonists.

After withdrawing the Stamp Act, Parliament passed another law called the Declaratory Act.

• to establish that they had "full power and authority (over) the colonies and people of America".
• to state that they did not allow the colonists' representation in Parliament.
• to declare that they were willing to negotiate with the colonists.

Which was the first serious collective gun confrontation between the British soldiers and the colonists?

• At Lexington and Concord, when the British attempted to seize gunpowder and ammunitions.
• During the Boston Massacre, when the British attempted to seize gunpowder and ammunitions.
• At the Continental Congress, when the colonists met in Philadelphia to set an army.

In 1773, the Boston Tea Party... (2 options are OK)

• arose because the British Crown allowed the East Indian Company to sell tea directly to consumers.
• arose because the British Crown prohibited the colonists to sell tea.
• arose because the British Crown's decision imposed a monopoly on tea, which trespassed merchants in the colonies.

What did the First Continental Congress establish? - Describe shortly.

Why did the French support the colonists to get independence?

• Because they wanted to regain their lost territories.
• Because they wanted to take revenge on the British, their greatest enemy.

Order the following events. a- George III's Proclamation against occupation of new territories. b- Declaration of Independence. c- French & Indian War. d- Prosperous & autonomous years - Salutary Neglect. e- First English Colonies in North America. f- Rising tensions between the colonies and the British due to the imposition of duties.