American Revolution

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• To allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• To establish a buffer zone between colonists and American Indian tribes

• To encourage colonists to settle in the fertile Ohio River Valley

• To reduce the threat of violence between colonists and American Indian tribes

What were the Intolerable Acts a reaction to?

• The Stamp Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The First Continental Congress

• The boycott of British goods

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• To generate revenue to cover the cost of the French and Indian War

• To encourage colonists to boycott British goods

• To establish the first united action in the colonies

• To protest against British rule

What is mercantilism?

• A system to increase a nation's wealth and power by obtaining gold and silver from its colonies

• A system to increase a nation's wealth and power by obtaining raw materials from its colonies

• A system to increase a nation's wealth and power by selling manufactured goods to its colonies

• A system to increase a nation's wealth and power by providing economic benefits to its colonies

Why were colonists angered by mercantilism?

• They wanted to purchase goods from cheaper sources

• They wanted to sell to a wider market

• They wanted to have direct representation in Britain's law-making body

• All of the above

What was the main concern of the colonists regarding representation?

• The supremacy of Parliament

• The lack of direct representation in Britain's law-making body

• The formation of their own legislative assemblies

• The taxation imposed by Britain

What were the British economic policies following the French and Indian War?

• To raise money to pay off the debt incurred from the war

• To impose taxes on the colonists

• To resent British rule

• To claim taxation was imposed without representation

Who played a role in many events leading to the Revolution?

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

What was the Boston Tea Party a reaction to?

• Taxation without representation

• The Intolerable Acts

• The closing of the port of Boston

• The Tea Act passed by Parliament

What was the British reaction to the Boston Tea Party?

• Passing the Intolerable Acts

• Closing the port of Boston

• Sending British officials accused of crimes to Great Britain or Canada for trial

• All of the above