Question

How did the American colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

Question 1 options:

By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid


By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain


By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor


By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance
GPT 3.5
By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance
izabell

Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?

Question 2 options:

Desire for greater religious freedom


Opposition to British tax policies


Increasing immigration from countries other than Britain


Fear of attacks by American Indians
GPT 3.5
Opposition to British tax policies
izabell
Why were tax laws like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Acts passed by England?

Question 3 options:

To help the colonist become more independent


To help colonist make a better life for themselves


To ensure that their self-government worked


To pay off war debt from the French and Indian War
GPT 3.5
To pay off war debt from the French and Indian War
izabell
Resolved, that the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them . . . is the only security against a burdensome taxation . . .
—Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions, May 30, 1765

Which statement best explains why this resolution was adopted?

Question 4 options:

Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre


Colonists wanted to expand powers given to governors appointed by King George III


Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament


Colonists were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party

GPT 3.5
Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament
izabell
Colonist formed different protest groups to provoke the British and fight for independence. Which of the following is the name for one of those groups?

Question 5 options:

Revolutionary Rebels


Freedom Fighters


Sons of Liberty


Continental Children
GPT 3.5
Sons of Liberty
izabell
Why did the Boston Tea Party occur?

Question 6 options:

because the rebels thought tea was only suppose to be for the Navy


because the British loved tea and the colonist knew this


the sons of liberty found they were bored and decided to protest


because the British refused to lift the high tax on tea
GPT 3.5
because the British refused to lift the high tax on tea
izabell
Why were colonists' upset about the tax laws?

Question 7 options:

They did not have the finances to pay the taxes


They lacked representation in Parliament


They wanted separation of church and state


They wanted to get rid of Mercantilism

Question 8 (1 point)
GPT 3.5
They lacked representation in Parliament
izabell
The colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they

Question 9 options:

resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion


did not want to share control of the fur trade with France


feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians


wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
GPT 3.5
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
izabell
Which of the following best completes this diagram?

Question 10 options:

Colonists sought military support from France


Colonists organized boycotts of British goods


Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence


Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
GPT 3.5
Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence