1.5 Understanding the Road to Independence

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act of 1765?

• To collect funds for colonial schools

• To allow colonists to send letters for free

• To require colonists to purchase special stamps for documents and cards

• To mark all colonial products with a British stamp

What did the Quartering Act require from the colonists?

• To pay a tax for quartering soldiers

• To serve in the British army

• To provide food for British soldiers

• To house and supply British soldiers

Which act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the tea trade?

• The Townsend Acts

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Tea Act

What was the main reason colonists opposed the Tea Act?

• It made tea too expensive

• It banned the consumption of tea

• It gave a monopoly on tea trade to the British East India Company

• It required tea to be shipped directly from Britain

What were the Intolerable Acts a response to?

• The establishment of the Continental Congress

• The Boston Tea Party

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

What was a direct result of the Intolerable Acts?

• The immediate independence of the colonies

• The drafting of the U.S. Constitution

• The end of British taxation

• The unification of the colonies against British rule

What principle was violated by taxation without representation?

• The right to vote

• The right to a fair trial

• The colonists' belief in having a say in laws taxing them

• The British right to tax

Which rights did the colonists believe were being infringed upon by British policies?

• The right to a speedy trial

• The right to bear arms

• The right to life, liberty, and property

• The right to free speech

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To outline the colonies' grievances against British rule

• To request peace negotiations with Britain

• To declare war on Britain

• To establish a new government

In what year was the Declaration of Independence written?

• 1781

• 1776

• 1775

• 1763