Unit 4: Road to Revolution: part 2

What was the main reason for the tension between Great Britain and its American colonies after the French and Indian War?

• The British government's refusal to allow settlements westward

• The French and Indian War left the colonies with a strong military

• The British government's fair treatment of the colonies

• The colonies were granted more land than they could manage

What was Pontiac's War a response to?

• The enforcement of the Proclamation of 1763

• The Sugar Act of 1764

• The Stamp Act of 1765

• The British victory in the French and Indian War

What did the Proclamation of 1763 restrict?

• Settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Expansion into Canada
• Trade with Native American tribes
• Settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains

What was the Sugar Act?

• A tax law passed by the British Parliament in 1776 on tea imports only.
• A trade agreement between the American colonies and France.
• A military alliance between the American colonies and Spain.
• A tax law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 on sugar, molasses, and other imports into the American colonies.

What did the Stamp Act of 1765 tax?

• Salt
• Glassware
• Paper documents
• Horses

What rights, dating back to the 1215 CE Magna Carta and the 1689 English Bill of Rights, did many colonists believe protected them from unfair rulers?

• The rights of the king

• The rights of Englishmen

• The rights of Parliament

• The rights of the colonies

Which act did the British Parliament pass in addition to repealing the Stamp Act, which affected soldiers and housing?

• The Townshend Acts

• The Quartering Act

• The Tea Act

• The English Bill of Rights

What was the main slogan chanted by the group that emerged in Boston to protest against taxes and the British government?

• Give me liberty or give me death!

• No taxation without representation!

• Liberty, property, and no stamps!

• End the Stamp Act now!

What was the name of the group led by Samuel Adams and others that formed in response to the Stamp Act?

• The Liberty Tree

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Patriots

What was the duration of the boycott organized by the Sons of Liberty against all British goods?

• Almost a year

• Almost a month

• Almost a decade

• Almost a week