Quiz.6.A: Colonial Dissatisfaction
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What was one of the main reasons England needed to tax the colonies?
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Pay off debt from French and Indian War
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Build new castles
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Buy land from France
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Make money for English churches
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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.
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Why did England begin to have difficulty controling the colonies?
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The Catholic Church
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French influence
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Large amount of growth in the colonies and their distance from England
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The colonies were populated by mostly teenagers
Correct Answer
A. Large amount of growth in the colonies and their distance from England -
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What is money citizens are made to pay their government?
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Tariff
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Tax
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Gold
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Income
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A. Tax -
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The Proclamation of 1763 ended colonial settlement of the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. Why did this upset colonists even more?
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Even more control over colonies
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Even more control over colonies without colonists having a say in the matter
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They couldn't go to Ohio which had pretty river valleys and forests
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Their churches were shut down.
Correct Answer
A. Even more control over colonies without colonists having a say in the matter -
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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?
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Won it from the French in the French and Indian War
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Bought it from Spain
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Stole it from the Indians
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Rented it from Portugal
Correct Answer
A. Won it from the French in the French and Indian War -
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In addition to taxing tea, glass, paint, and sugar, the Stamp Act was passed which taxed what?
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Tobacco
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Indigo
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Slaves
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Paper
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A. Paper -
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Which of the following is not a way England used politics to control the colonies?
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The king overturning decisions of colonial legislatures
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Colonial governors representing the king veto colonial legislatures
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Forcing colonists not to go to church
Correct Answer
A. Forcing colonists not to go to church -
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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
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Cotton for cloth
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Tobacco for machinery
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Rice for tea
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Indigo for slaves
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A. Cotton for cloth -
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Which of these is not a colonist's problem with the taxes England imposed upon the colonies like the Stamp Act.
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Caused financial problems for colonists
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Took taxing power away from colonial legislatures
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Made paper makers rich
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A. Made paper makers rich -
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