Unit 2 Lesson 5 Toward Independence

Which of these groups gained territory in North America as a result of the French and Indian War?

• A. Spain

• B. France

• C. Great Britain

• D. American Indians

Before 1760, which statement best describes the colonies?

• A. The colonies had assemblies that passed laws.

• B. The colonies had representation in Parliament.

• C. The colonies were united into one government.

• D. The colonies depended upon the British government.

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

• A. The British government had a large war debt.

• B. The colonists were given their independence.

• C. The British government stayed out of colonial politics.

• D. The colonists were free to move west of the Appalachians.

Which of these groups benefited from the Proclamation of 1763?

• A. Enslaved Africans

• B. British soldiers

• C. American Indians

• D. American colonists

What did the colonists resent about the Stamp Act?

• A. They did not believe in any form of taxation.

• B. They had no representatives to vote on the tax.

• C. People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.

• D. People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.

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

• A. They repealed the Stamp Act.

• B. They increased the tax on paper.

• C. They refused to sell stamps to the colonists.

• D. They arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act.

Cause and effect question

Cause is The Townshend Act

What was the Effect - ?

Options are:

A. Proclamation of 1763

B. French and Indian War

C. Boycott of British goods

D. Expansion of the British Empire

The name Boston Massacre was given to the events of March 5, 1770, in order to

• B. create trouble for the colonists.

• C. warn of a deadly disease in the city.

• D. describe the truth about what happened.

• A. create anti-British sentiment.

How did many of the Loyalists view the Patriots?

• A. as brave soldiers

• B. as foreign invaders

• C. as ungrateful rebels

• D. as agreeable neighbors

Which of these belongs in place of the question mark in the diagram below?

Cause - The Boston Tea Party

Effect - ?

• C. the Boston Massacre

• D. the Proclamation of 1763

• A. The Intolerable Acts

• B. the Stamp Act