The Road to Revolution

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

What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?

• To ban settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• To settle a boundary dispute after the Louisiana Purchase.
• To gain territory in Canada.
• To unite the colonies under one government.

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

How did the Sons of Liberty use the Boston Massacre to promote their movement?

• They portrayed the British as the aggressors.
• They claimed that people died because of harsh taxes.
• They called for the boycott of British tea and sugar.
• They gathered members from the victim’s families.

Why did the British enact the Proclamation of 1763?

• to gain more land and resources for the British Empire
• to pay off debts incurred during the French and Indian War
• to protect British trade from foreign competition
• to prevent Native Americans and settlers from fighting over land

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.

These acts were passed by British Parliament in
order to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea
Party

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