Unit 3: Pre-Revolution Taxes Question Preview (ID: 54725)


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Which of the following best explains why Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766?
a) Parliament agreed with the American colonists that the act was unfair.
b) Colonial legislators were threatening to impose their own taxes.
c) Colonists’ boycotts of British goods were hurting British trade.
d) The British passed the Declaratory Act, which replaced it with a heavier tax.

Which statement describes the purpose of this illustration? (see image on question 21 of study guide)
a) Colonies that do not unite are not loyal.
b) Colonies that do not unite will be attacked.
c) Colonies are stronger if they stay separated.
d) Colonies cannot survive unless they are united.

Which of the following best describes the Boston Massacre engraving by Paul Revere? (see image on question 22 of study guide)
a) Mercantilism
b) An act of loyalty to the British
c) Propaganda
d) An accurate depiction of the event.

The Stamp Act taxed colonists on all of the following products, except?
a) Books and newspapers
b) Decks of cards and dice
c) Deeds and ship manifests
d) Glass and molasses

Which of the following was the reaction of the British government to the Boston Tea Party?
a) Sugar Act
b) Townshend Acts
c) Tea Act
d) Intolerable Acts

The First Continental Congress suggested that colonists boycott British goods in 1774 to protest
a) the Stamp Act
b) elections held in England
c) unfair treatment of their representatives
d) unfair taxes and the Intolerable Acts.

Why did the Tea Act of 1773, which led to the Boston Tea Party, anger many American colonists?
a) The law made tea difficult to buy.
b) The law restricted them from buying tea.
c) The law ended the tea trade in the colonies.
d) The law forced them to buy taxed tea.

The Quartering Acts required the colonists to
a) abandon their own homes and live on the streets.
b) give every British Soldier a quarter.
c) provide British soldiers with housing and food.
d) pay a tax on all paper products.

Why did the Tea Act of 1773, which led to the Boston Tea Party, anger many American colonists?
a) The law made tea difficult to buy.
b) The law restricted them from buying tea.
c) The law ended the tea trade in the colonies.
d) The law forced them to buy taxed tea.

In 1765, Britain’s Parliament passed a tax on all colonial newspapers, pamphlets, and other papers. What was this act called?
a) the Declaratory Act
b) the Stamp Act
c) the Sugar Act
d) the Townshend Acts

After King George III rejected the Olive Branch Petition, Parliament passed the Prohibitory Act which
a) closed American ports to overseas trade.
b) addressed the colonists’ most significant complaints.
c) called on British forces to attack the colonies.
d) stopped the British Navy from seizing American ships.

A result of the Tea Act of 1773 was that colonial merchants,
a) could not sell their tea (to other nations).
b) began to smuggle tea.
c) tried to get the colonies to grow tea.
d) asked the king to take action.

Based on the map, Which European country(s) claimed the territory that is today southern Ohio and Kentucky? (see image on question 9 of study guide)
a) The Spanish
b) The French and British
c) The British and Spanish
d) The French

During the French and Indian War, George Washington
a) actively opposed Britain’s tax policy.
b) fought on the side of the British.
c) was elected to Virginia’s House of Burgesses.
d) fought on the side of the French.

After the French and Indian War, tension between Britain and the colonies.
a) lessened because colonial life had become more peaceful.
b) essened because colonists had new land on which to settle.
c) grew due to increased colonial dependence on Britain.
d) grew due to increased taxation of the colonists because of the war.

According to the map, which physical feature was used to establish the Proclamation Line of 1763? (see image on question 3 of study guide)
a) Mississippi River
b) Atlantic Coast
c) Ohio River
d) Appalachian Mountains

Which of the following best describes the cause of the French and Indian War?
a) The French and British fought over the Ohio River Valley Territory because it had good farmland and control over rivers.
b) The colonists wanted their freedom from the British.
c) The French and Indians fought over the Ohio Territory to increase wealth and resources.
d) The French wanted the Indians to relocate.

All of the following Native American groups aligned with the French, except?
a) Iroquois
b) Oneida
c) Apache
d) Mohawks

Based on the graph, what effect did the (1st) Great Awakening have on religion in the British Colonies? (see image on question 2 of study guide)
a) Colonists became less likely to be religious
b) Colonists gave up religion to focus more on science.
c) Religion became more dominant in colonial daily life and culture
d) Colonists gave up religion to focus more on science.

John Locke believed there was a social contract between a government and its people. What were the details of this contract?
a) Kings, queens, and other royals must obey the same laws as the citizens of a country.
b) The government holds absolute authority and should determine all of the rights of its citizens.
c) Citizens should not have to obey the laws of a government and should only be concerned with their individual rights.
d) Citizens should agree to obey their government as long as the government protects their natural rights.

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