The Road to Revolution
Authored by Troy Henry
Social Studies
6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why were the people shown in the image rioting?
They opposed a tax on paper products.
They resented the policy of salutary neglect.
They wanted to import sugar and other goods.
They disliked their government representatives.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Parliament enforce the policy shown in the map?
to discourage trade with French trappers
to prevent conflict with Native Americans
to respect the boundaries of Spanish territory
to preserve forests in the Appalachian Mountains
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“The very act of taxing, exercised over those who are not represented, appears to me to be depriving them of one of their most essential rights, as freemen; and if continued, seems to be in effect an entire disfranchisement of every civil right.”
Which statement would James Otis agree with?
King George III is unfit to rule over the British Empire and should be deposed
Colonists should be able to impose laws on the British.
The colonists should pay their fair share of French and Indian War debts.
Taxation without representation goes against the rights of Englishmen
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Patrick Henry suggest when he asks,
“Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world,
to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?”
The British are preparing to pass more taxes
The troops are there to oppress the colonists.
The British are preparing for another war with France.
The troops are there to support colonial governments.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
5th. That the only representatives of the people of these colonies, are persons chosen therein, by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them, but by their respective legislatures. . . .
8th. That the late act of Parliament, entitled, An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties in the British colonies and plantations in America, etc., by imposing taxes on the inhabitants of these colonies, and the said act, and several other acts, by extending the jurisdiction of the courts of admiralty beyond its ancient limits, have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists.
According to the excerpt, why do the colonists oppose the Stamp Act?
It makes paper goods too expensive.
It was imposed without their consent.
It disrupts trade between the colonies
It only raises a small amount of revenue.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of colonial militias?
to organize a permanent standing army
to protect trade from British interference
to protect local communities from British attack
to quickly communicate information between cities
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What were the effects of the Boston Tea Party?
Select the two correct answers
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts.
Delegates met at the First Continental Congress
The colonists were required to pay a new tax on tea
Colonists taunted and threw snowballs at British soldiers.
The Sons of Liberty organized the Committee of Correspondence.
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