History 8

1. What was the French and Indian War fought over?

Land

2. Which side did most Native Americans support during the French and Indian War?

the french

3. How did the French treat Native Americans compared to the British?

3. The French treated the Natives with respect and were peaceful.

4. What was the effect of the costly French and Indian War?

4. The British passed new taxes on the colonists.

5. Why were the colonists angry about new taxes?

5. Colonists had no representation in the British government.

6. What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

6. To ensure the colonies remained economically loyal to England.

7. What was the policy of Salutary Neglect?

7. Not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free.

8. The Enlightenment, the Great Awakening and ____ the colonies?

Mercantilism

9. Who is associated with Enlightenment ideas used in the colonies?

John Locke

10. Which act limited colonists' westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains? Proclamation of 1763

10. Proclamation of 1763

11. Which Act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers? Quartering Act

11. Quartering Act

12. Where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War?

12. Lexington and Concord

13. How did colonists protest the sugar tax?

13. By boycotting.

14. What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams?

14. Sons of Liberty

15. Which law led to the Boston Tea Party?

15. Tea Act

16. What was Great Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party?

17. Which event first showed that tensions would turn violent? Boston Massacre

18. Why was the Battle of Saratoga important? French joined the war on the side of the colonists.

19. Who was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army? George Washington

20. What does Thomas Jefferson say about government in the Declaration of Independence? Everyone has certain rights that cannot be taken away.

21. Which group sided with Franklin, Henry, Paine, and Jefferson? Patriots

22. What did Britain agree to at the conclusion of the American Revolution? To recognize America as a new and separate country.

23. Who was the first person thought to be killed in the Boston Massacre? Crispus Attucks

24. What does Benjamin Franklin's political cartoon suggest about the colonies? Not united.

25. What was the purpose of Common Sense by Thomas Paine? To encourage colonists to declare their independence.

26. Was a purpose of the Declaration of Independence to declare war on Britain? No

27. What rights does Thomas Jefferson say everyone has in the Declaration of Independence? Unalienable rights.

28. Which King was Thomas Jefferson addressing in the Declaration of Independence? King George III

29. What does unalienable rights mean in the Declaration of Independence? People have certain rights that cannot be taken away by anyone

30. How did the colonists defeat the trained British soldiers? Guerilla Warfare

31. Which group helped the colonists during the American Revolution? French

32. Some of the causes of the French and Indian War: The French and British were already at war in Europe and those tensions spilled over into North America, The population of the British colonies was growing and pushing westward in search of more land, and The British were concerned about French forts being built in the Ohio River Valley.

33. What indigenous group was allied with the British during the French and Indian War? Iroquois

34. Which indigenous group was allied with the French during the French and Indian War? Huron, Ottawa, Algonquian

35. What was a major difference between French and English colonists in North America? The French had a well

established fur trading industry

36. Who was the British general sent to drive the French out of the Ohio Valley in 1755? William Pitt

37. Who was the British officer defeated by the French and forced to return to Virginia? Edward Braddock

38. What were the results of the 1763 Treaty of Paris? France lost Canadian colonies and claims to land east of the Mississippi River, Spain got French territory west of the Mississippi River, England got all French territory in Canada, Florida & rights to Caribbean slave trade.

39. What was a direct result of British involvement in the French and Indian War? The British had a lot of war debt and decided to set new taxes for the colonists

40. What was the result of the Sugar Act of 1764? It was intended to eliminate the illegal sugar trade between the Spanish and French West Indies and the British colonies

41. What did the Intolerable Acts do? Closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for destroyed tea

42. What was TRUE about the Stamp Act of 1765? Merchants, lawyers, tavern owners, and printers were all hurt economically by the Act

43. Some of the things in the Townshend Acts included: An act requiring colonists to provide to British troops, a tea tax and a duty that taxed paint, lead and paper

44. What inspired the colonists to think about breaking away from Britain? The Enlightenment, the success the Puritans had leaving behind religious persecution in England and starting their own free colony in North America, the Whig political party in England standing up against the Tory political party, which backed King George.

45. What situation is Thomas Paine criticizing? Britain's control over large parts of North America

46. What 'injuries' was Thomas Jefferson likely writing about? Unfair taxes and British army violence against colonists

47. What is the main idea of the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence? People give power to their leaders in government, who protect the people's natural rights

48. What battle had very high casualties for the British, boosting American confidence? Bunker Hill

49. What battle did Washington's nighttime crossing of the Delaware River lead to? Trenton

50. In October 1781, who surrendered to the Continental Army? Lord Cornwallis at Yorktow