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Road To The Revolution
Test Description: Road to the Revolution -- timeline events
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1) Name the groups fighting on each side of the French and Indian War.
A
French VS. Native Americans
B
French and Native Americans VS. British
C
Spanish VS. French and Native Americans
D
French VS. British
2) What was the purpose of fighting the French and Indian War?
A
The French and British were both claiming the Mississippi River.
B
The war was being fought over sugar and stamps.
C
Land (Ohio Valley) that was claimed by both the French and British.
D
They were fighting because both sides wanted Florida.
3) Who won the French and Indian War?
A
Native Americans
B
British
C
Spanish
D
French
4) The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists were no longer able to settle where?
A
in the 13 colonies
B
west of the Mississippi River
C
by the Great Lakes
D
west of the Appalachian Mountains
5) Many colonists thought that the Proclamation of 1763 showed that King George III favored who?
A
French
B
Native Americans
C
Russians
D
Spanish
6) How much of a tax was placed on sugar in 1764?
A
2 pence per pound
B
5 pence per pound
C
3 pence per pound
D
4 pence per pound
7) Why was the Sugar Act created by the British Parliament?
A
Parliament wanted to raise money to pay for the French and Indian War.
B
Parliament needed extra money to pay the king and queen.
C
Parliament needed money to pay for sugar.
D
Parliament wanted to make colonist mad.
8) What new phrase did the colonists begin to use after the Sugar Act was imposed?
A
We need MORE SUGAR!
B
No Taxation without Representation!
C
No more Taxes!
D
No Representation without Taxation!
9) The Stamp Act put a tax on what items?
A
Clothing
B
All important glass items
C
Shoes and boots
D
All important paper documents
10) How much was a stamp under the Stamp Act?
A
Three pennies
B
Two pennies
C
Four pennies
D
One penny
11) Who was the person who founded the first Committee of Correspondence?
A
George Washington
B
Samuel Adams
C
John Hancock
D
The king of England
12) What was the goal of the first Committees of Correspondence in all the colonies?
A
The Committees of Correspondence failed.
B
To maintain communication between the American colonies.
C
To see how quickly information can travel.
D
To keep secrets from all the American colonies.
13) What was the goal of the Townshend Acts?
A
To pay the Native Americans so they wouldn't attack the colonists.
B
To buy more land.
C
Raise money to cover the costs of the French and Indian War.
D
It was to make the colonist mad.
14) The Townshend Acts placed taxes on what items imported to the colonies from England?
A
glass and tea
B
paper, glass, paint, and tea
C
sugar, paper, and tea
D
stamps, sugar, paper and tea
15) After the Townshend Acts were repealed, or cancelled all taxes were cancelled except on which item?
A
paint
B
paper
C
glass
D
tea
16) Who was really to blame for the start of the Boston Massacre?
A
French
B
Colonists
C
British
D
Native Amercians
17) What was the name of the event where colonist dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped crates of tea into the harbor to protest taxes on tea?
A
Intolerable Acts
B
Boston Tea Party
C
Boston Massacre
D
Tea Act
18) What was the first of the Intolerable Acts that the English government passed?
A
The closing of the Boston Harbor
B
The Massachusetts legislature in the colonies could no longer meet.
C
The taxes on tea and any paper documents.
D
The Quartering Act where British soldiers could come into any colonist's home and stay.
19) What was the second of the Intolerable Acts that the English government passed?
A
The closing of the Boston Harbor
B
The Quartering Act where British soldiers could come into any colonist's home and stay.
C
The taxes on tea and any paper documents.
D
The Massachusetts legislature in the colonies could no longer meet.
20) What was the third of the Intolerable Acts that the English government passed?
A
The taxes on tea and any paper documents.
B
The closing of the Boston Harbor
C
The Massachusetts legislature in the colonies could no longer meet.
D
The Quartering Act where British soldiers could come into any colonist's home and stay.
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