Road to Revolution Review

Why could the colonists not move West of the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian war?

• To avoid conflicts with the French

• To avoid conflicts with the Natives

• To avoid conflicts with the British

• To avoid conflicts with the British

This act placed a tax on items such as molasses and sugar

• The Tea Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• A formal meeting, where the English king and George Washington had a polite conversation over tea

• An act of resistance, where colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and snuck aboard a ship to throw several shipments of imported British tea into the Boston Harbor

• The biggest party of 1776, to which only the wealthy were invited

• An occasion where British soldiers stole tea from the colonists who were housing them

Why did the British start enforcing more taxes after the French and Indian War?

• To help pay off the debt from the war

• To scare the colonists into moving back to England

• To help build a new army for the colonists

• To punish the colonists for the war

What territory was the French and Indian War fought over?

• Northwest East Idaho

• The Appalachian Mountains

• Canada

• The Ohio River Valley

Who organized the Boston Tea Party?

• The Daughters of Justice

• Benjamin Franklin

• The Sons of Liberty

• John Adams

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• It gave colonists land in Canada

• It gave colonists the same rights as British citizens

• It kept colonists from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains

• It made colonists pay for the French and Indian War

How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?

• 100

• 50

• 23

• 5

What phrase became popular among patriots during this time?

• "No Taxation without Representaiton"

• " No representation without legislation"

• "No inflation without resignation"

• "No taxation with no demonstration"

Why were the colonists so upset about the Stamp Act?

• they believed it was "taxation without representation"

• they believed smuggling stamps was cheaper

• they believed they should be excluded from paying the tax

• they believed they should only have to pay tax on sugar