Ch. 5 & 6

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the

• Louisiana Territory

• Ohio River Valley

• Appalachian Mountains

• Great Lakes

The British government tried to stop smuggling with the

• Stamp Act

• Molasses Act

• Sugar Act

• Trade Act

What act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Iron Act

• Hat Act

Who opposed any compromise with the American colonists?

• William Dawes

• George III

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Gage

The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Who wrote Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

To search a colonist’s house, a British customs officer presented a(n)

• search warrant

• writ of assistance

• letter from the king

• an arrest warrant

Which act gave the British Parliament the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”?

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Stamp Act

• Declaratory Acts

The “shot heard ‘round the world” refers to the actions of the minutemen at

• Bunker Hill

• Breed’s Hill

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston

Which colonists did not consider unfair taxes as a good reason for rebellion?

• Separatists

• Nationalists

• Patriots

• Loyalists