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Causes of the American Revolution
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Which of the following was NOT part of the Intolerable Acts?
Outlawing mercantilism
Allowing town meetings in Massachusetts only once a year
Allowing British soldiers to stay in American homes
Closing Boston Harbor
2
A young, colonial military officer who got his start in the French and Indian War was
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Gage
Sam Adams
3
After the French and Indian War, Britain decided to solve some of its problems by
Declaring war on Spain
Taxing the colonists
Getting rid of George III
Selling Florida
4
A boycott is a
Volunteer soldier
Refusal to buy goods or services
Delegate to the First Continental Congress
Tax on legal documents
5
The document that allowed a customs officer to search a ships’ cargo was called a
Plan of boycott
Non-importation agreement
Stamp Act
Writ of assistance
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Which of these was NOT an item that angered patriotic colonists
Committees of Correspondence
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Writs of assistance
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The most important American reaction to the Tea Act was
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
Happiness that the tea tax was finally gone
To murder the British soldiers
8
In the Treaty of Paris of 1763 ending the French and Indian War
The colonies gained independence
George III was overthrown
France lost its land in North America
No changes were made
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1. The Proclamation of 1763
a. Put a tax on all paper products
a. Put high taxes on rum
a. Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian mountains
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Colonists protested writs of assistance as
Unfair taxes on rum
Invasions of privacy
Threats to trial by jury
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Which of the following were terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Britain got Canada and lands east of the Mississippi River
France gained Canada
Britain granted the colonists their independence
Russia gained all unexplored territory
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The Navigation Acts
Limited colonial trade
Were passed by the First Continental Congress
Were designed to enforce mercantilism
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The colonists claimed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the colonists
Said all taxes were too high
Said only churches can make taxes
Could not afford to pay taxes
Were not represented in Parliament
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The Stamp Act put a tax on
All legal documents and newspapers
All colonial goods
Tea
Sugar and molasses
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The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were organized to
Help collect taxes
Help Britain defeat France
Protest the First Continental Congress
Protest British policies and taxes
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The Boston Massacre resulted in
Increased anger towards the British
The death of 90 American soldiers
The death of the American leader, Sam Adams
The Battle of Boston 1770