Lesson 7 Quiz Review

Question 1

The unjust use of government power-

Accepted Answer

tyranny

Question 2

A small army made up of ordinary people who are available to fight in an emergency-

Accepted Answer

militia

Question 3

How did the British Parliament react to the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts

Question 4

How did King George III increase his power over the colonies after the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

He required them to pay more taxes.

Question 5

Why were colonists upset with the stamp act?

Accepted Answer

Colonists were taxed without representation in Parliament.

Question 6

Because colonists protest the Stamp Act, Parliament responded by-

Accepted Answer

They repealed the tax on paper products.

Question 7

Which of the following were goals of the First Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

Send letter to KGIII to find a peaceful solution., All colonies should create militias., All colonists were to boycott British goods.

Question 8

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the-

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mountains

Question 9

Which statement best describes the colonies prior to the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

Colonial assemblies created their own laws and taxes.

Question 10

What was proven at the battles of Lexington and Concord?

Accepted Answer

Americans were willing to fight & die to govern themselves.

Question 11

Why did Sam Adams and Paul Revere call the riot of 1770, in Boston, a "massacre?"

Accepted Answer

To stir up anti-British feelings among the Colonists., To get more colonists to support the Patriot cause.

Question 12

Which of the following is a result of the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

French lose almost all of their colonies in North America., Americans forced to pay taxes without a vote in Parliament., The British government has more land to rule., The British government has huge debt.

Question 13

To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source-

Accepted Answer

boycott

Question 14

The Boston Tea Party led Parliament to pass the-

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts

Question 15

The passage of the Townshend Acts led to-

Accepted Answer

a boycott of British goods.

Question 16

Why were colonists upset with the stamp act?

Accepted Answer

Colonists were taxed without representation in Parliament.

Lesson 7 Quiz Review

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Lesson 7 Quiz Review

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