Unit 3 Quiz

1. Explain how the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution?

1. What is the difference between a direct tax and an indirect tax?

• Direct Tax is paid in cash and indirect tax is paid by check

• Direct tax was paid directly by the colonists and indirect tax is paid by merchants

• Direct tax was collected by England and indirect tax was collected by Spain

• Direct tax was paid by men and indirect tax was paid by women

What was the colonists' motto during the Revolutionary War?

1. What is the relationship between the Boston Tea Party and the Tea Act?

• The Tea Act was served at the Boston Tea Party.

• The Boston Tea Party led to the Tea Act.

• The Tea Act gave the Dutch East India Co. a monopoly on tea. They sold the tea really cheap so that the colonists would ignore the ban on tea. The colonists reacted by dumping tea into the harbor.

1. What were two groups colonists formed to protest the taxes? 

(a)   Why were the Townshend Duties and the Stamp Act repealed?​ (b)  

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• The colonists boycotted to protest these taxes.
• Congress vetoed these taxes.
• The King changed his mind.

1. What were two parts of the Intolerable Acts?

• They closed the port and banned town meetings.

• They passed the quartering act and taxed lumber.

• They banned town meetings and ended colonialism.

• They removed the King elected a President.

1. How did the colonists show their opposition to British taxes? 

1. What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress? 

• To end the slave trade.

• To elect a new President.

• To boycott the Stamp Act.

• To get rid of the Intolerable Acts.

During the Continental Congress, what do South Carolinians do to their government?​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• Replace Royal Governor with The Committee of 99
• Declare independence from Britain
• Write the Declaration of Independence