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1
What event successfully united the colonies?
The Boston Massacre
The First Continental Congress
The Albany Plan of Union
The Boston Tea Party
2
Who created the following image?
Paul Revere
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
3
Taxation without Representation means...
There are no British representatives in the colonies
There are no colonial representatives in British Parliament
there are no indirect taxes
There are no direct taxes
4
What event caused the British to shut down the Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The Intolerable Act
The Coercive Act
5
Numerous repeals of numerous taxes and acts meant that...
The British struggles to pay taxes
The Colonists struggled to pay taxes
The Colonists had representation in Parliament
The British struggles to control the Colonists
6
Why would women and enslaved Africans begin rethinking their positions in society?
They wanted to become French citizens
They wanted the British to grant them equal rights
They wanted to move to Canada
they wanted the same rights white men were fighting for
7
The Townshend Act is a(n)...
direct tax
indirect tax
8
Why was the tax on molasses (sugar act) reduced?
To start making their own molasses
hopes to reduce smuggling
because tea and sugar are yummy
hopes to increase smuggling
9
Why is this image considered propaganda?
It is an accurate account made to manipulate the King
It's not propaganda
It is an inaccurate account made to manipulate the colonists
It is an accurate account what happened
10
What secret tax was placed on paper, lead, glass, and tea?
Townshend Act
Coercive Act
Tea Act
Sugar Act
11
What was the King's response to the colonists' request for self-governance?
The Declaratory Act
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
Tha Intolerable Acts
12
Which group helped make the colonies less dependent on manufactured goods from England?
Daughters of Liberty
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
Anarcists
13
Why was it difficult for the Continental Congress to raise money?
most colonists were loyalists
the population was too small
Americans feared a strong national government
British still controlled colonial finances
14
What is this a picture of?
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Harbor
The Boston Herald
The Boston Tea Party
15
What did the colonists do in response to the Intolerable Acts?
Protest
Boycott Patriot Goods
Held an election for a new King
Held the First Continental Congress
16
Who were militiamen?
Professionally trained military men
Local men willing to fight if necessary
French military
The King's personal military
17
The stamp act was a(n).....
direct tax
indirect tax
18
This image was created to represent what?
The Albany Plan of Union
The Boston Massacre
The Proclamation of 1763
The Boston Tea Party
19
What was the British act/law that required colonists to house soldiers?
The Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act
The Townshend Act
20
Why was this image of the Boston Massacre a form of propaganda?
it was a picture from a story about the king
It was not propaganda
It was a true account of the event
It manipulated colonists' thinking about what happened
21
Which group participated in the Boston Tea Party?
The Confederates
The Daughters of Liberty
The Loyalists
The Sons of Liberty
22
Which Act gave customs officers the right to search citizens homes for smuggled goods?
The Writs of Assistance
The Stamp Act
The Declaratory Act
The Quartering Act
23
What was the King's response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Coercive Acts
The Tea Act
The Stamp Act
The totally tolerable Act
24
How did colonists begin to see themselves?
citizens of individual colonies
dependent on the king
united with the British
united with other colonists
25
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts were a punishment in response to....
Colonial boycotts
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The Stamp Act
26
The writs of assistance...
forbid the colonists to write negatively about the king
allowed colonists to search & seize possessions
allowed British soldiers to search & seize possessions
allowed the colonists to write what they want
27
Who were the daughters of liberty?
women who made goods in the colonies so they could boycott British goods
women who negotiated peace between the Natives, Colonists, and British.
women who were the wives of Militia soldiers
women who supported the crown and tried to find smugglers
28
The Proclamation Act of 1763 prohibited the colonists from doing what?
organizing in groups
protesting against England
Moving East of the Appalachian Mountains
Moving West of the Appalachian Mountains
29
Which act lowered the tax on molasses, sugar, and rum in an effort to reduce smuggling?
The stamp act
The Quartering Act
The Intolerable Act
The sugar act
30
How did the colonists respond to the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The First Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress
31
Which did
NOT
happen at the First Continental Congress?
Agreed to peaceful terms with the British
voted to boycott British trade
Called for the formation of Militias
called for the repeal of 13 acts of Parliament
32
Why were the British taxing the Colonists?
They were greedy and thought the colonists were inferior
To pay off debt from the F&I War and 10k soldiers
They wanted to punish the colonists
To pay off debts from dumping tea in the harbor
33
Why would Native Americans support the British instead of the Colonists?
The British promised Natives they could keep their land
Natives hated the colonits after the French & Indian war
The Natives knew the colonits would be defeated
Colonists promised teh Natives they could keep their land
34
What act was passed in an effort to force colonists to pay for tea dumped in the Boston Harbor?
The Quartering Act
The Writs of Assistance
The Intolerable/Coercive Acts
The Townshend Act
35
Why did the King issue the Proclamation of 1763?
to punish the colonists
to keep authority over the colonists
To avoid war with the british
to avoid war with the Mexicans
36
Which phrase best describes what lead to war with Britain?
"We'll part with our tea"
"Join or Die"
Taxation without Representation
Trouble in the colonies
37
At the Second Continental Congress, who was chosen to command the Continental Army?
George Washington
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
38
The Quartering Act is a(n)...
direct tax
indirect tax
percentage of the tax paid
fair tax
39
What two groups divided the colonits?
Colonits and British
Loyalists and Patriots
Loyalists and British
Loyalists and Colonits
40
Who created the following image?
John Adams
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
41
Who started the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
42
How did Thomas Paine's pamplet,
Common Sense
, impact the colonists opinions?
It convinced the British to grant representation to the colonies
It conviced the colonists to stay loyal to the British
It convinced the colonists it was common sense to separate from England
It convinced the colonists to fight the French
43
What provoked the Sons of Liberty to dump tea in the harbor?
increased smuggling of tea
Paul Revere's portrait of the Boston Massacre
The monopoly on tea (tea act)
The increased tax on tea
44
The first battle of the Revolutionary War was....
The battle of The Ohio River Valley
The battle of bunker hill
the battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of the Tipacanoe
45
What did the colonists do in response to the stamp act?
Chant out in protest
dumped tea in the harbor
protest sugar
Boycott British goods
46
Which of the following was a tax on all printed material?
Tea Act
Intolerable Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
