Great Britain's Control Over the American Colonies

Why did Great Britain impose taxes such as the Stamp Act on the colonies?

• To pay the cost of the French and Indian War

• To build new schools

• To fund exploration

• To support local businesses

What was one of Great Britain's reasons for taxation in the colonies?

• To finance the French and Indian War

• To build new roads

• To support local artists

• To fund scientific research

What was the colonial reaction to British taxes?

• Opposition

• Acceptance

• Indifference

• Support

What did the Proclamation of 1763 restrict?

• Western movement of settlers

• Trade with other countries

• Religious practices

• Local elections

What document proclaimed the colonies' independence from Great Britain?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

What rights did the Declaration of Independence state people have?

• Right to own slaves

• Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Right to free land

• Right to vote

Whose ideas influenced the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• King George III

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Julius Caesar

What are 'unalienable rights' according to the Declaration of Independence?

• Rights that can be taken away

• Rights that cannot be taken away

• Rights given by the king

• Rights to own property

Who was the British King during the Revolutionary era?

• King Louis XVI

• King George III

• King Henry VIII

• King Charles I

Who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington