Road to Revolution Study set

England’s changing policy towards its colonies led to rising calls for independence because:

• colonists felt their rights were being violated by new laws and taxes

• colonists wanted to remain loyal to the king

• England gave the colonies more freedom and autonomy

• colonists were uninterested in self-government

Rank order the top 3 events that contributed the most to the growing divide between Britain & her colonies from your charts.

• The Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts

• The French and Indian War, Boston Massacre, Sugar Act

• The Proclamation of 1763, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts

• The Navigation Acts, Tea Act, Declaratory Act

England’s changing policy towards its colonies led to rising calls for independence because:

• Colonists felt their rights were being violated by new laws and taxes.

• England granted more freedoms to the colonies.

• Colonists wanted to remain loyal to the king.

• England reduced its control over colonial governments.

Rank the top 3 events that most led to tension between Britain & her colonies.

• The Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party

• The French and Indian War, Treaty of Paris, Intolerable Acts

• The Glorious Revolution, Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact, Salem Witch Trials, Great Awakening

The aspect that changed the most over this 13-year period (1763-1776) was:

• The relationship between the American colonies and Britain

• The geography of the colonies

• The climate of the region

• The population size of Native American tribes

Britain and the colonists could have prevented this by:

• Negotiating and compromising on taxes and laws

• Increasing military presence in the colonies

• Ignoring colonial protests

• Imposing stricter punishments on dissenters

Which acts were passed between 1765 and 1767 as part of the road to the American Revolution?

• Stamp & Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation Line

• Declaration of Independence

Fill in the blank: The Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, and the battles of Lexington & Concord occurred between _______.

• 1773-75

• 1760-62

• 1780-82

• 1755-57

In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• 1776

• 1783

• 1492

• 1812

What was the British Action described in the 1765 Stamp Act?

• Colonists harass stamp distributors

• Britain passes the Stamp Act, a tax law requiring colonists to purchase special stamps to prove payment of tax.

• Colonists boycott British goods

• Colonists prepare a Declaration of Rights and Grievances