Early British Actions in the Colonies Review

Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?

• the British government had a large war debt

• the colonists were independent

• the British government stayed out of the colonies

• the Colonists were free to move west of the Appalachian Mountains

Which of these did the colonists consider an act of tyranny?

• the Boston Tea Party

• the Proclamation of 1763

• the French and Indian War

• the First Continental Congress

Which group benefited from the Proclamation of 1763?

• enslaved Africans

• American colonists

• British soldiers

• Indigenous people

Which group formed the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• British soldiers

• Indigenous people

What did the colonists resent most about the Stamp Act?

• they did not believe in any taxation

• they had no representatives vote on the tax

• people in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes

• people in Great Britain only paid propery taxes

How did Parliament respond to the colonists' protests against the Stamp Act?

• they repealed the Stamp Act

• they increased the tax on paper

• they refused to sell stamps to colonists

• they arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act

British actions 1763-1765:

order that prohibited settlers from moving west of the Appalachians

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

British actions 1763-1765:

required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

British actions 1763-1765:

ordered colonies to provide British soldiers with housing

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

Vocabulary:

the unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way is called a tyrant.

• militia

• tyranny

• repeal

• boycott