Unit 4, Lesson 10: Tensions Grow Between the Colonies and Great Britain

What was the First Continental Congress?

• the laws passed against colonists

• the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies

• the lawmakers of the British government

• the treaty between different colonies

Nine colonies sent ____________________, or people to represent them, to a special gathering in New York.

• repeal

• delegates

• proclamation

• protest

Many colonists decided to ____________________, or refuse to buy, tea because of the tax.

• protest

• proclamation

• boycott

• repeal

Great Britain made a ____________________, or public announcement, that American Indians could have the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• proclamation

• boycott

• repeal

• delegates

After many colonists grew angry about the Stamp Act, Parliament chose to ____________________, or undo, the law.

• boycott

• protest

• proclamation

• repeal

Many colonists began to ____________________, or object to, the Quartering Act.

• protest

• repeal

• proclamation

• delegates

Which of these was an outcome of the French and Indian War?

• British territory was reduced.

• France defeated Great Britain.

• The British went deeply into debt.

• Relations between the colonists and Great Britain improved.

Which part of the British government passed acts?

• Parliament

• the royal family

• the British Congress

• the House of Burgesses

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?

• the Boston Massacre

• the Intolerable Acts

• the Quartering Act

• the Stamp Act

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• to protect the colonists

• to punish the settlers

• to make money for the war

• to reward American Indians