Us History Unit 1

The French and Indian War was fought because

• The French took over Native American lands
• The colonists were afraid to move west
• Native American tribes tried to take over French territory
• The colonists moved into French territory

The Proclamation of 1763 forbids colonists from settling_____________

• west of the Atlantic Ocean
• in their own colonies
• in Florida
• West of the Appalachain Mountains

The Sugar Act was a law meant to ___. 

• raise money in the colonies
• raise British popularity in the colonies
• get back at Spain
• to increase the production on sugar

The Stamp Act was a tax placed on all ___. 

• sugar products
• liquid products
• paper items
• tea

These groups were formed to share information among the colonies concerning what was being done to resist the British. 

• Committees of Correspondence
• Congress groups
• Continental Congress
• Sons of Liberty

Which of the following became a rallying cry for colonists?

• "No Taxation Without Representation"
• "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death"
• "Down with the King"
• "No tyranny, only truth"

What sparked the Boston Massacre?

• British soldiers shooting colonists
• Colonists throwing snow balls at British soldiers
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Stamp Act

The event in which the Sons of Liberty dumped British Tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of British rule was the 

• Boston Massacre
• Revolutionary War
• Boston Tea Party
• Tea Act

The Townshend Acts

• banned town meetings.
• closed the Boston Harbor.
• placed a tax on tea, lead, glass, and paint.
• taxed sugar.

This act placed a tax on most paper goods
newspapers, playing cards, books, and calendars

• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act