Why did the colonists believe the taxes were unfair?

They did not have representation in parliament

Writs of Assistance, Navigation Acts, Stamp Act, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts all led to -

the start of the American Revolution

How did Great Britain raise revenue & control colonial trade after the French and Indian War?

By passing the Navigation Acts and taxes on the colonies

How did parliament restrict the westward expansion of the colonies?

by issuing the Proclamation of 1763

Which phrase supports the idea that government must have the consent of the governed?

"No taxation without representation"

The colonies began to protest & demand independence from Great Britain because of -

the harsh British policies & taxes passed after the F&I War

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Why did the colonists believe the taxes were unfair?
The colonies were bankrupt and couldn't afford the taxes
They did not have representation in parliament
The taxes were punishment for losing the French & Indian War
They were issued by the French government
2
Writs of Assistance, Navigation Acts, Stamp Act, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts all led to -
the start of the American Revolution
the start of the French and Indian War
the Proclamation of 1763
the Civil War
3
How did Great Britain raise revenue & control colonial trade after the French and Indian War?
By lowering taxes in Britain
By passing the Navigation Acts and taxes on the colonies
By taxing the French and Spanish after the war
By taxing the Native Americans who sided with the French
4
How did parliament restrict the westward expansion of the colonies?
by participating in the Committees of Correspondence
by giving the colonies representation in parliament
by issuing the writs of assistance
by issuing the Proclamation of 1763
5
Which of the following was issued by Parliament as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Writs of Assistance
6
Colonists showed their disapproval of the British taxes by -
siding with the French in the French and Indian War
buying British products
rioting in the streets
boycotting British goods
7
The French lost almost all of their colonial holdings in North America as a result of -
The economic policy of mercantilism
The Boston Massacre
The Navigation Acts
The French and Indian War
8
Which phrase supports the idea that government must have the consent of the governed?
"No taxation without representation"
"Time makes more converts than reason"
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
"These are the times that try men's souls"
9
The Appalachian Mountains were the geographic feature that was the basis for the -
Proclamation of 1763
Intolerable Acts
Writs of Assistance
Navigation Acts
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The colonies began to protest & demand independence from Great Britain because of -
the repeal of the Stamp Act angered colonists
the harsh British policies & taxes passed after the F&I War
the restrictions imposed by France after the F&I War
the British repeal of the policy of mercantilism

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