Road to the Revolution

What two countries fought over land in the French and Indian War?

• England and France
• Native Americans and France

• Colonists and Native Americans

• England and Colonists

Britain needed to pay off war debt after a war in the colonies . Which war was the King of Britain trying to pay off?

• World War I

• The Revolutionary War

• The French and Indian War

• The Boston Massacre

Who were The Sons of Liberty?

• Loyalist who wanted to be true to their king

• Colonists who wanted to stay neutral

• Sons of Benjamin Franklin

• A secret group of Patriots

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• an agreement between the French and British giving all of North America to the British
• a boundary for the American Colonies stopping colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
• a law that required all colonist to join state militias
• an order by the king to close all ports in the colonies until the tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for

Why did England have a need to raise taxes on the colonies? 

• King George wanted to make the colonies pay for their rebellious behavior
• England needed money to pay for an upcoming war against the Spanish
• England was heavily in debt from the French and Indian War
• The cost of slaves had risen in England and the economy of England was failing

What did the Stamp Act do?

• Taxed all paper products and required all printing to be done on “stamped” paper
• Required all new colonist to have a passport before leaving England
• Made it illegal to print newspapers without government approval
• Put duties on sending letters and packages to England

What is the meaning of "No taxation without representation:?

• The colonist wanted to pay no tax EVER.

• The colonists wanted taxation but didn't want to send representative to Great Britain.

• The colonist were opposed to paying taxes on tea.

• The colonists didn't want to pay taxes unless they had representation in Parliament.

What is a boycott?

• Boycott is the name for Britain's law-making assembly.
• A boycott is a refusal to buy goods.
• A boycott is a tax on imported goods.
• A boycott is a volunteer army.

How did merchants avoid paying the sugar tax?

• not using them

• smuggling goods into the country

• made their own sugar

• just paid the taxes anyway

The Sugar Act was a tax on sugar and _______

• molasses

• tea

• clothes