Unit 1: 13 Colonies

Question 1

French and Indian War

Answer 1

British kick out the French–>Britain/13 colonies gain land

Question 2

Albany Congress

Answer 2

colonies make good relationships with natives; don’t unify

Question 3

Taxation Laws

Answer 3

Britain in debt; colonists pay their debt UNWILLINGLY

Question 4

context of American Revolution

Answer 4

colonies unite to get away from Britain bc they hate them

Question 5

how did the colonists view Britain?

Answer 5

bullies; taking advantage of them

Question 6

how did Britain view the colonists?

Answer 6

children; need to be taken care of

Question 7

why did the colonies unify?

Answer 7

hatred of England and wanting to be independent from them

Question 8

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 8

closed the region west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlement by the colonists

Question 9

why did people come to America?

Answer 9

resources, religion, discovery, trade, money, jobs

Question 10

colonists reaction to Proclamation of 1763

Answer 10

colonists continued to move west into the forbidden territory- further undermining the British authority

Question 11

colonists reaction to Sugar Act of 1764

Answer 11

colonists responded with written protects, occasional boycotts and cries of “No Taxation without Representation”

Question 12

Stamp Act of 1765

Answer 12

• first direct taxation of colonists

- taxed legal and commercial documents (newspapers)

Question 13

colonists reaction to Stamp Act of 1765

Answer 13

-Stamp Act Congress
   •violent protests
-boycott of British goods
-Sons of Liberty
   •enforced the boycott of British 
    goods

Question 14

Quartering Act of 1765

Answer 14

requires colonists to house and feed British soldiers left there from French and Indian War

Question 15

colonists reaction to Quatering Act of 1765

Answer 15

most colonial legislatures refused to pay for the supplies required

Question 16

Declaratory Act 1766

Answer 16

statement of England’s right to rule the colonies in any way seems fit

Question 17

colonists reaction to Declaratory Act 1766

Answer 17

continued protests

Question 18

Townshend Acts 1767

Answer 18

-taxes on lead, paper, tea, paint, and glass
•money used to support
British troops, royal governors, and
judges
-created customs commission
-suspended NY assembly for not complying

Question 19

colonists reaction to Townshend Acts 1767

Answer 19

Boston Massacre

Question 20

Sugar Act of 1764

Answer 20

marked the start of new British policies to raise money. although it reduced the tax on foreign molasses, it was strictly enforced.