Road To Revolution Quiz
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- 1.According to the Proclamation of 1763:
- A.
Colonial militiamen were required to put down Pontiac’s Rebellion.
- B.
Colonial paper money could not be printed
- C.
Contact between colonials and Native Americans was strictly forbidden.
- D.
Settlers were prohibited from crossing the Appalachians.
- 2.The Intolerable Acts of 1774 included all of the following except:
- A.
The closing of Boston harbor.
- B.
Making the Massachusetts council and judiciary appointive.
- C.
New taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper.
- D.
Allowing trials of accused colonial officials to be moved to England.
- 3.The American colonists used the slogan, "Not taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for --
- A.
Economic interdependence
- B.
Mercantilism
- C.
The consent of the governed
- D.
Parliamentary supremacy
- 4.The American colonists used the slogan, "Not taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for --
- A.
Economic interdependence
- B.
Mercantilism
- C.
The consent of the governed
- D.
Parliamentary supremacy
- 5.According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen original colonies was to provide Great Britain with --
- A.
Workers and manufactured goods
- B.
Naval bases
- C.
Raw materials and markets
- D.
Military recruits
- 6.The Colonists held the Boston Tea Party in response to:
- A.
King George's birthday
- B.
The partial repeal of the Townshend Acts
- C.
Winning the French and Indian War
- D.
John Adams' election as mayor of Boston
- 7.Which of the following was the first direct tax on American Colonists?
- A.
Stamp Act
- B.
Tea Act
- C.
Sugar Act
- D.
Intolerable Acts
- 8.The Quartering Act led to colonial unrest because
- A.
King George lowered the value of American curreny
- B.
Colonists were forced to house British troops
- C.
England shut many of the colonies harbors down
- D.
The British Parliament imposed new taxes on the colonists
- 9.Which of the following acts would upset a colonial newspaper owner the most?
- A.
Townshend Act
- B.
Sugar Act
- C.
Stamp Act
- D.
Quartering Act
- 10.Imagine you are an American colonist living in the 1760s. Someone knocks on your door and hands you a flyer encouraging you to boycott British goods. Which act was this most likely in response to?
- A.
Townshend Acts
- B.
Stamp Act
- C.
Quartering Act
- D.
Sugar Act
- 11.The Intolerable Acts did all of the following EXCEPT:
- A.
Took away Boston's right to govern themselves
- B.
Forced Boston to pay for the tea destroyed in their Tea Party
- C.
Placed an import tax on sugar
- D.
Increased the power of the Quartering Act
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