Social studies test 10/25/22

Question 1

Who was Pontiac chief of?

Answer 1

Ottawa

Question 2

When Britian crushed Pontiac’s rebellion what did it issue?

Answer 2

Proclamation of 1763

Question 3

Why were the colonists angry during the proclamation of 1763?

Answer 3

Because they felt there government was holding back what they deserved

Question 4

What did the sugar act tax?

Answer 4

Sugar, molasses, and coffee etc.

Question 5

What did the Parliament need to do during the sugar act?

Answer 5

Raise money

Question 6

After the sugar act was passed what did the colonists have to say?

Answer 6

They claimed that it was “Taxation without representation”

Question 7

What did the stamp act tax?

Answer 7

All printed material

Question 8

After the sugar act the parliament still needed more money why did they need the money?

Answer 8

Because of the French and Indian war (7 years war)

Question 9

What did the colonists form after the stamp act was passed?

Answer 9

The Stamp Act Congress

Question 10

What is it called when riots began to occur throughout the colonies and colonists refuse to buy anything from England until the law was repealed

Answer 10

Boycott

Question 11

After the declaratory act what could parliament do?

Answer 11

Pass any law it wanted

Question 12

During the declaratory act what did colonists do?

Answer 12

Colonists mostly ignored the act

Question 13

What did the townshend acts do?

Answer 13

Made everything more expensive

Question 14

What did the parliament do during the townshend acts?

Answer 14

indirect taxes

Question 15

What did the colonists do for the effect of the townshend acts?

Answer 15

organized a boycott and sent out a circular letter to all colonists urging them to boycott

Question 16

During the townshend acts what did the British minister of Hillsborough do?

Answer 16

Moved British soldiers into Boston

Question 17

When an angry mob taunted a squad of soldiers what did it eventually lead to?

Answer 17

Boston massacre

Question 18

In the Boston massacre what was the crowd full of?

Answer 18

Drunks who were looking for a fight.

Question 19

What did the mob of colonists do to anger the soldiers?

Answer 19

Throw ice and rocks at them

Question 20

What happened to the soldiers after the Boston massacre?

Answer 20

They were arrested and put on trial

Question 21

After the Boston massacre what happened?

Answer 21

Hinting at Independence

Question 22

True or false the Boston massacre was the first thing that hinted at independence

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True or false the parliament did NOT grant East India Tea Company total control of the tea market

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Did prices on tea decrease or increase during the tea act

Answer 24

Decreased

Question 25

What happened during the Boston tea party?

Answer 25

-Colonists being disguised as
Mohawk Indians
-Dumping tea into the harbor/bay
-Snuck on ship

Question 26

What was the Boston tea party a symbol of?

Answer 26

Civil Disobedience

Question 27

Around how much tea was dumped into the bay at the Boston tea party?

Answer 27

Around 15,000 pounds

Question 28

The coercive acts (Intolerable acts) were a bunch of laws suck together with the colonists not given the right to

Answer 28

Assembly

Question 29

In the First Continental Congress where did everyone meet?

Answer 29

Philly

Question 30

In the First Continental Congress what did they enforce a ban on?

Answer 30

British imports