Road to Revolution Test

Which was a conflict between Great Britain and the colonies?

• American Civil War
• English Civil War
• French and Indian War
• American Revolution

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies
• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military
• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have
• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

A major consequence of the French and Indian War was that the:

• Colonists decision to side with France led Britain to retaliate against the Americans
• Expense of fighting the war led Britain to tax the colonies directly for the first time
• Loyalty of the colonists to the British side led to new freedoms and self government for the Americans
• Elimination of the French threat in North America led Britain to concentrate on conquering all of the remaining Spanish colonies

How did the Proclamation of 1763 increase the tension between the American colonies and Great Britain?

• The British government reduced its military protection in the colonies.
• British commanders encouraged Native Americans to attack colonists.
• The British king prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• British troops collected taxes to pay the war debt of Great Britain.

Which of the following best explains why the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
• To reduce colonial dependence on expensive paper products
• To pay for the French and Indian War
• To make British tax policies more fair

What was the tax law requiring colonists to purchase special stamped paper for printed items?

• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act
• Declaratory Act

According to the passage below who should have the power to tax the colonists?

• The British Parliament
• King George III
• The Colonists
• The Sons of Liberty

What was the act that gave parliament the power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"?

• Declaratory Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act

Colonists formed Committees of Correspondence in order to:

• Protest to Parliament in writing
• Write to the King of England asking him to intervene on their behalf
• Write new laws giving Americans more freedom
• Establish communication chains among colonial town about resistance efforts

Why was the phrase “taxation without representation” so important to the revolutionary cause?

• Great Britain would have ended taxation if colonists had kept the peace
• Colonists did not believe Parliament could tax them without their consent
• Colonists believed that Great Britain should only tax certain items
• Great Britain only taxed the colonists to force them into war