Early Colonial Reaction to British Policies

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?

• It imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament.

• It required all colonial goods to be sold directly to Great Britain.

• It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

  
  

• It replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.

  
  

What significant outcome of the French and Indian War eventually led to the American Revolution?

• Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense and offered no reimbursement.

  
  

• Britain did not offer aid to colonists during the war but still declared sovereignty over them.

  
  

• The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in the British government.

• Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war.

'The colonies' militias had proven themselves to be able fighters alongside the British soldiers'.

Militias refer to

• the British troops that were sent to fight the French and Indian War.

• local groups of men organized to protect their towns.

• the soldiers from the French army.

• personal body guards of King George.

Which of the following was the ACTUAL reason that the British issued the Proclamation of 1763?

• To stop colonist from trading and developing more territories.

  
  

• To protect the colonists and prevent an Indian war.

• To begin taxing the colonists without representation.

• To halt the spread of diseases in the colonies.

France surrendered all of their _______ in North America when they lost the French and Indian War. 

• money

• friends

• products

• claimed lands

What is a boycott?

• a citizen-led meeting to protest a law

• repealing a law because of protest

• a punishment in public

• refusal to buy a good or service

The Stamp Act placed

• a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses.

• a tax on sugar from other colonies.

• taxes on all glass products from Britain.

• taxes on land taken from the Native Americans.

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• There are only two things certain in life: death and taxes”

• Give me liberty or give me death”

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

• No taxation without representation“

What law forced colonists to house and supply British soldiers?

• The Sugar Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

What did the phrase 'no taxation without representation' mean?

• Colonists should not be taxed because they had no representative in Parliament to speak for them

• Colonists believed that Great Britain should only tax certain items

• Great Britain only taxed the colonists to force them to rebel

  
  

• The colonists would not represent the British so they could not be taxed.