American revolution

Open Ended

Why was it called the French and Indian war?

Multiple Choice

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Indians and French
• Colonists and Britain
• Britain and Spain
• Britain and France

Multiple Choice

Who was the King during the American Revolution?

• King Arthur
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• King George III
• King Charles II

Multiple Choice

British colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indains

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• resent the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

Multiple Choice

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

Multiple Choice

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

Multiple Choice

Why did England start placing taxes on the colonies?

• To pay the cost for new buildings

• To show colonists who is in charge

• To build roads in the Ohio River Valley

• To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War

Multiple Choice

The French and Indian war was fought between _____ and _____.

• England and the Colonies

• England and France

• England and the Native Americans

• England and Spain

Multiple Choice

.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

Multiple Choice

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

• the colonists were not upset; they agreed to the taxes

• because the taxes were only for the rich people

• because they had no representatives in Parliament

• because the taxes came from France

Multiple Choice

Colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute's notice

• mercenaries

• allies

• Patriots

• minutemen

Multiple Choice

On what date was the Declaration of Independence approved by the Second Continental Congress?

• July 4, 1776
• July 4, 1862
• July 4, 1732
• July 4, 1790

Multiple Choice

Which declaration signer decided to go into a duel with a rival (That the signer lost and ended up dead)

• Lyman Hall
• Francium
• Button Gwinnett
• That Guy

Multiple Choice

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Button Gwinnett
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Oglethorpe

Multiple Choice

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warned Patriots about....

• The British marching on Savannah
• The British marching on Lexington and Concord
• The Native Americans marching on the British
• The Spanish and the French returning to Savannah