US History Semester 1 Quiz (2.2.4) Apex

In court, I defended British soldiers who were in the Boston Massacre. Who am I?

John Adams

Which of these facts supported the British argument that colonists should pay higher taxes?

Many colonists had become wealthy at a time when Britain did not have much wealth.

What was the result of Pontiac's Rebellion?

Native Americans failed to take over the largest British forts.

Why did Britain raise taxes in the American colonies?

To help pay the expenses of the French and Indian War

Which act passed required the colonists to pay a tax on imports, which could only come from Britain?

Townshend Act

A difference between government in Britain and government in colonial America was that the colonies:

Were not represented by British parliament.

Both the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts resulted in:

Colonial boycotts of British goods.

How did Paul Revere use the Boston Massacre?

As a way to make the colonists angry with the British.

What is salutary neglect?

British policy of loose enforcement of commerce laws on the American colonists.

What was one cause of Pontiac's Rebellion?

British success in the French and Indian War