What did the colonists resent most about the Stamp Act?
Toward Independence Quiz

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Megan Davila
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
They did not believe in any form of taxation.
They had no representatives to vote on the tax.
People in Britain did not have to pay taxes.
People in Britain only paid property taxes.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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They repealed the Stamp Act.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 the colonists.
They arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Frederick North (Lord North) have Parliament repeal the Townshend Acts?
Too many British soldiers were dying because of them.
The tax collectors were tired of having their houses attacked.
They actually cost Britain money because the taxes did not make up for the money lost due to the boycott.
The Sons of Liberty promised they would stop resisting if they were repealed.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This area was highly contested between the British and the French regarding who controlled it.
Florida Valley
Canada Valley
Ohio Valley
Illinois Valley
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was King George III's reason for issuing the Proclamation of 1763?
To prevent further conflicts between Indigenous peoples and settlers by keeping settlers off their lands.
To raise money to help pay for the French and Indian War by taxing the colonists.
To require that every piece of paper bought in the colonies have a stamp.
To give colonists more land from Indigenous peoples so they could move west and have larger farms.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following could vote in the colonies? (Select all that apply)
White women
White men
Slaves
Indigenous peoples
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which group benefited from the Proclamation of 1763?
Enslaved Africans
British soldiers
Indigenous peoples
American colonists
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