Practice Quiz 5!

The Stamp Act affected...

• colonists new to the Americas

• Merchants in the West Indies

• dockworkers and portowners

• printers, publishers and lawyers

This English undocumented policy came to an end after the French and Indian War, it was known as...

• mercantilism

• salutary neglect

• the Royal Proclamation of 1763

• the navigation acts

Colonial newspaper editors often reprinted writings of English political theorists such as...

• John Locke

• Neville Chamberlain

• William Pitt

• Howard Taft

What did the Treaty of Paris (1783) do?

• Strained tensions between the French and British commoners

• Establish the American Colonies as an independent monarchy

• End the American Revolution and acknowledge American's independence

• Forced King George III to abdicate from the throne

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

(Multiple answers!)

• accuse the British crown of tyranny

• appeal to the philosophy of natural rights

• attempt to gain sympathy from the English people

• call to end the slave trade

The American Victory that led to an alliance with the French occurred at...

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

• Saratoga

• Servando's house

The fundamental issue that led to the Boston Massacre was...

• the enactment of the Stamp Act

• the Intolerable Acts

• the presence of British soldiers in Boston

• American colonists protesting the Stamp and Tea Acts

In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed...

• the Intolerable Acts

• the Tea Act

• the Quartering Act

• the Stamp Act

The delegates of the Second Continental Congress issued the _______________

petition to England in which they pleaded for compromise.

• Colonist's Peace

• White Dove

• Washingtonian Plea

• Olive Branch

What contributed the most to the American victory in the Revolution?

• Training at Velley Forge in the Winter of 1777

• Assistance from the French (military and financial)

• Washington's military leadership leadership and guerilla warfare tactics

• The endeavor of freedom and liberty from the tyrannical King George III