Why did American colonists grow angry with Parliament after the French and Indian War?

Parliament passed more laws and taxes on the colonies

Which was the most significant cause of American anger with British control?

Taxation without representation

Which document included John Locke’s philosophy people can overthrow an oppressive government?

The Declaration of Independence

The Albany Plan of Union called for:

Uniting the colonies under one government

How did salutary neglect before 1763 encourage the colonies to move toward revolution?

Colonies developed self-government and domestic production

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachians

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Unit 2- American Revolution Review

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1
Why did American colonists grow angry with Parliament after the French and Indian War?
Parliament abolished trade with any country
Parliament made laws opening more land to settlement
Parliament decreed all citizens must serve in the army
Parliament passed more laws and taxes on the colonies
2
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
The Boston Massacre
Yorktown
Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
3
Use of writs of assistance against colonists is one reason the Bill of Rights protects against:
Unreasonable searches
Cruel and unusual punishment
Excessive bail
Self-incrimination
4
Where did Cornwallis surrender to Washington, the last battle of the revolution?
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Trenton
5
What was the colonies response to the Stamp Act?
Salutary Neglect
Boycotts and protests
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
6
Which was the most significant cause of American anger with British control?
Too many new immigrants
Religious freedom
Taxation without representation
Slavery
7
What was the colonists response to the Tea Act?
Creation of the House of Burgesses
Lexington and Concord
Formation of the Sons of Liberty
The Boston Tea Party
8
Which document included John Locke’s philosophy people can overthrow an oppressive government?
The Mayflower Compact
The Magna Carta
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
9
Who was appointed commander of the Continental Army?
Marquis de Lafayette
George Cornwallis
George Washington
Baron von Steuben
10
All of the following were causes of the American Revolution EXCEPT:
The Intolerable Acts
The Articles of Confederation
The Townshend Acts
The Stamp Act
11
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was most influential in persuading colonists to support:
Starting a monarchy in America
The French and Indian War
Colonial independence
Additional British taxes
12
What treaty ended the American Revolution?
Pinckney's Treaty
Jay's Treaty
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Treaty of Greenville
13
The Albany Plan of Union called for:
Equal rights for all colonists
Creation of the House of Burgesses
Uniting the colonies under one government
An alliance with Britain
14
Most of the writing of the Declaration of Independence fell to:
Ben Franklin
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
15
Which European nation provided loans and the use of their navy during the Revolution?
Holland
France
Prussia
Spain
16
How did salutary neglect before 1763 encourage the colonies to move toward revolution?
Colonies became wealthy under British rule
Colonies needed protection from Britain
Colonies developed self-government and domestic production
Colonies approved the Albany Plan
17
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Treaty that ended the French and Indian War
Imposed a tax on colonists settling west of the Appalachians
Ceded all British land west of the Appalachians to Spain
Banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
18
Which event was used as propaganda against the British?
The Boston Freedom Trail
The Boston Marathon
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre

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