Quiz.6.A: Colonial Dissatisfaction
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Quiz is regarding SOL 6. A which is an overview of Englands efforts to increase control over the 13 colonies which led to colonial dissatisfaction--ultimately leading to the Revolutionary War.
- 1.Why did England begin to have difficulty controling the colonies?
- A.
The Catholic Church
- B.
French influence
- C.
Large amount of growth in the colonies and their distance from England
- D.
The colonies were populated by mostly teenagers
- 2.Which of the following is not a way England used politics to control the colonies?
- A.
The king overturning decisions of colonial legislatures
- B.
Colonial governors representing the king veto colonial legislatures
- C.
Forcing colonists not to go to church
- 3.One of the strict trade laws required colonists to buy finished goods from England after they had sold the raw goods to England. An perfect example of this would be
- A.
Cotton for cloth
- B.
Tobacco for machinery
- C.
Rice for tea
- D.
Indigo for slaves
- 4.What is money citizens are made to pay their government?
- A.
Tariff
- B.
Tax
- C.
Gold
- D.
Income
- 5.In addition to taxing tea, glass, paint, and sugar, the Stamp Act was passed which taxed what?
- A.
Tobacco
- B.
Indigo
- C.
Slaves
- D.
Paper
- 6.Which of these is not a colonist's problem with the taxes England imposed upon the colonies like the Stamp Act.
- A.
Caused financial problems for colonists
- B.
Took taxing power away from colonial legislatures
- C.
Made paper makers rich
- 7.What was one of the main reasons England needed to tax the colonies?
- A.
Pay off debt from French and Indian War
- B.
Build new castles
- C.
Buy land from France
- D.
Make money for English churches
- 8.Another cost for England was using expensive troops defending the colonists/settlers from hostile Indians in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. How did England get this land?
- A.
Won it from the French in the French and Indian War
- B.
Bought it from Spain
- C.
Stole it from the Indians
- D.
Rented it from Portugal
- 9.The Proclamation of 1763 ended colonial settlement of the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. Why did this upset colonists even more?
- A.
Even more control over colonies
- B.
Even more control over colonies without colonists having a say in the matter
- C.
They couldn't go to Ohio which had pretty river valleys and forests
- D.
Their churches were shut down.
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