Toward Independence

Which of these groups gained territory in North America as a result of the French and Indian War?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• Indigenous groups

Before 1760, which statement best describes the colonies?

• The colonies had assemblies that passed laws.
• The colonies had representation in Parliament.
• The colonies were united into one government.
• The colonies depended upon the British government.

Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?

• The British government had a large war debt.
• The colonists were given their independence.
• The British government stayed out of colonial politics.
• The colonists were free to move west of the Appalachians.

Which group benefited from the Proclamation of 1763?

• enslaved Africans
• Loyalists
• Indigenous people
• American colonists

Which group formed the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act?

• Patriots
• Loyalists
• British soldiers
• Indigenous people

What did the colonists resent most about the Stamp Act?

• They did not believe in any form of taxation.
• They had no representatives to vote on the tax.
• People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.
• People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.

How did Parliament respond to the colonists’ protests against the Stamp Act?

• They repealed the Stamp Act.
• They increased the tax on paper.
• They refused to sell stamps to the colonists.
• They arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act.

Which of these belongs in place of the question mark in the diagram below?

• Proclamation of 1763
• French and Indian War
• boycott of British goods
• expansion of the British Empire

The name Boston Massacre was given to the events of March 5, 1770, in order to

• create anti-British sentiment.
• create trouble for the colonists.
• warn of a deadly disease in the city.
• describe the truth about what happened.

Patriots viewed the Boston Massacre as proof that the British troops needed to leave the colonies, whereas Loyalists view the event as proof that

• British troops would never be able to control the colonies.
• colonists no longer considered themselves British.
• more British troops were needed to control the colonists.
• war would likely occur because of colonists' ongoing protests.