The Revolutionary War Practice Test

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Which groups of people occupied the Ohio River Valley in the early to mid-1700s? Options: the British, the French, and Native Americans, Native Americans and the French, Native Americans and the British, the French and the British

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the British, the French, and Native Americans

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Which group of people first built forts in order to claim or protect land rights in the Ohio River Valley?

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the French

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What did the Albany Plan of Union propose?

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a unified colonial council for defense

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Which development during the French and Indian War ultimately led to colonies being taxed? Options: The colonies received aid from rogue French militias, who demanded repayment. The Iroquois Confederacy joined forces with the colonies and demanded repayment. The head of the French government sent troops to help the colonial militias. The head of the British government sent troops to help the colonial militias.

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The head of the British government sent troops to help the colonial militias.

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Which was an immediate consequence of the French and Indian War for Native Americans?

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More colonists began to settle on Native American lands.

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Why did the British establish the Proclamation of 1763? Options: to expand their colonies into newly acquired territory, to restore peace with Native Americans west of the Appalachians, to promote fur trade between Britain and France, to force colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War

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to restore peace with Native Americans west of the Appalachians

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Why did the British government send 10,000 troops to enforce the Proclamation of 1763?

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to keep the peace between settlers and Native Americans by preventing settlers from moving too far west

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Why was the Sugar Act of 1764 a controversial law in the eyes of many colonists?

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It lowered the tax on molasses but allowed goods to be seized without due process of law.

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How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act of 1765?

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Colonial leaders declared to the British government that only colonial assemblies could tax colonists.

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Which underlying tensions erupted into the violence known as the Boston Massacre of 1770?

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In addition to enduring taxes and assumptions of guilt without a trial by jury, colonists were required to give room and board to the British soldiers.