Unit 2 Lesson 5 Toward Independence

Which of these groups gained territory in North America as a result of the French and Indian War?

• A. Spain

• B. France

• C. Great Britain

• D. American Indians

Before 1760, which statement best describes the colonies?

• A. The colonies had assemblies that passed laws.

• B. The colonies had representation in Parliament.

• C. The colonies were united into one government.

• D. The colonies depended upon the British government.

Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?

• A. The British government had a large war debt.

• B. The colonists were given their independence.

• C. The British government stayed out of colonial politics.

• D. The colonists were free to move west of the Appalachians.

Which of these groups benefited from the Proclamation of 1763?

• A. Enslaved Africans

• B. British soldiers

• C. American Indians

• D. American colonists

What did the colonists resent about the Stamp Act?

• A. They did not believe in any form of taxation.

• B. They had no representatives to vote on the tax.

• C. People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.

• D. People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.

How did Parliament respond to the colonists' protests against the Stamp Act?

• A. They repealed the Stamp Act.

• B. They increased the tax on paper.

• C. They refused to sell stamps to the colonists.

• D. They arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act.

Cause and effect question

Cause is The Townshend Act

What was the Effect - ?

Options are:

A. Proclamation of 1763

B. French and Indian War

C. Boycott of British goods

D. Expansion of the British Empire

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The name Boston Massacre was given to the events of March 5, 1770, in order to

• B. create trouble for the colonists.

• C. warn of a deadly disease in the city.

• D. describe the truth about what happened.

• A. create anti-British sentiment.

How did many of the Loyalists view the Patriots?

• A. as brave soldiers

• B. as foreign invaders

• C. as ungrateful rebels

• D. as agreeable neighbors

Which of these belongs in place of the question mark in the diagram below?

Cause - The Boston Tea Party

Effect - ?

• C. the Boston Massacre

• D. the Proclamation of 1763

• A. The Intolerable Acts

• B. the Stamp Act