The Road to Revolution Flashcard Review

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What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

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To prevent the English colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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The Stamp Act was a tax on almost all printed materials

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True

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The Sugar Act angered the colonists because it did what? Options: Raised the taxes on sugar and molasses, Lowered the taxes on sugar and molasses, but allowed officers to search for smuggled goods and seize property, Prevented all sugar from being imported into the colonies, Proclaimed that only sugar produced in the British West Indies was allowed to be imported into the colonies

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Lowered the taxes on sugar and molasses, but allowed officers to search for smuggled goods and seize property

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How many people were killed during the Boston Massacre?

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5

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What was the result of colonists' boycotts of English goods?

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English merchants lost money and led to the repeal of the Stamp Act

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Who helped start the Sons of Liberty?

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Sam Adams

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The Quartering Act angered the colonists because it made them do what?

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House and feed British soldiers in their homes

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What was the purpose of the Declaratory Act?

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To declare that Parliament had the right to make whatever laws they wanted for the colonists

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Why was England broke, and needing to raise taxes on the colonies? Options: The king was spending too much money on palaces, They lost the French and Indian War, and they had to pay the French for the cost of the war, They won the French and Indian War, but the war had been expensive and they could not afford to guard all of the new land, The Spanish American War bankrupted the American colonies

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They won the French and Indian War, but the war had been expensive and they could not afford to guard all of the new land

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The Intolerable Acts were a direct result of what? Options: The Boston Massacre, The repeal of the Stamp Act, The Declaration of Independence, The Boston Tea Party

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The Boston Tea Party