American Revolution Part 1

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Why did both France and Britain want the Ohio River Valley?

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Why did the Native Americans choose to ally with the French?

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Plan of Union was a 1754 proposal aimed at building a union of the colonies under a ​

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government. The ​

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and Indian War had just begun, and many argued that the Albany Union was justified to coordinate a defense against the​

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of French and Indian forces threatening the American colonies.

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Albany

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alliance

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The Union was proposed by ​

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Franklin, and it marked the first time in the 1700s that colonial ​

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met to discuss a plan for creating a formal union. Eleven colonies sent delegates, with ​

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and Delaware opting not to attend.

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Why did the French and Indian War take place?

• The French and the Indians were fighting against Spanish conquistadors about land in America

• The French and the English were fighting about land in America; many Native Americans sided with the French

• The French and the Indians were disagreeing about how to trade fur and other goods

Multiple Choice

Which nation was victorious in the French and Indian War?

• The United States

• The British

• The French

• The Iroquois Nation (Native American Tribe)

Multiple Choice

Who made the Proclamation of 1763?

• the French King, King Louis

• George Washington

• The King of England, King George III

• the Native American Leader, Pontiac

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What was the Proclamation of 1763 supposed to accomplish for the British?

• It was supposed to stop the unrest and fighting with Native Americans in western lands

• It was supposed to give them a lot of money for their war debts

• It was supposed to end the fighting with the French

• It was supposed to end the fighting with the Spanish in Texas and other western lands

Multiple Choice

Why were colonists in America unhappy with the Proclamation of 1763?

• They didn't want to have to free their slaves

• They didn't like paying the high taxes

• They didn't like being told they couldn't live west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Why did King George forbid the colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains?

Match

Match the following acts to the correct description.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.

a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the America

initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

• taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.

• a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the America

• initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to boycott something?

• to fight against using speeches and news articles

• to try to destroy something through violent means

• to stop doing business with or refuse to cooperate with as a means of protest or showing disapproval

• to purchase on the black market (to avoid paying taxes)

Open Ended

Why were the colonists upset about being taxed by the British?

Open Ended

What was the impact of the Boston Tea Party?

Multiple Choice

In response to the Tea Act, members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and _____________________.

• killed tax collectors.

• moved to the Ohio River Valley.

• grew their own tea.

• threw tea from a British ship into the Boston Harbor.

Multiple Choice

The Intolerable Acts were passed.

• Cause of the First Continental Congress

• Effect of the First Continental Congress

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British leaders punished Boston by passing the Intolerable Acts, which closed Boston Harbor, and the Colonists were no longer allowed to hold public meetings.

• Cause of the Boston Tea Party

• Effect of the Boston Tea Party

Poll

Do you agree or disagree that the colonists were justified in declaring independence from Britain?

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

Multiple Choice

Britain had supplied the colonists with supplies and troops during the French and Indian War. Immediately after the war Britain-- (8.4A)

• passed a series of laws designed to restrict colonial trade and disrupt colonial government

• closed Boston Harbor and passed laws forcing colonists to house British troops

• wanted to ask France to sell their territory west of the Mississippi river

• began enacting economic policies on the colonies to help pay for the war

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains the reasoning of the King for passing the Intolerable Acts? (8.4A)

• "Those colonists want war...Then they will have it."

• "Those colonists are not going to be allowed to move past the mountains...I will not pay to protect them from the Native Americans."

• "They will pay for dumping my tea overboard...make them submit to my authority."

• "They are committing treason by signing that document."

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According to the graphic below the colonies were upset by the British-- (8.4A)

• practice of mercantilism that used the raw materials in the colonies and kept them dependent on finished products from Britain

• use of the free enterprise system which prevented the colonies from smuggling imports and exports

• limiting the westward expansion of the colonies by giving weapons to the Native Americans to use against the colonists

• requiring the colonists to give housing and supplies to all the British troops that were stationed in the colonies

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Which quote best explains the colonists' frustration with the theory of mercantilism? (8.4A)

• "We are tired of not having a voice in the representative houses of Parliament that make laws we must abide by."

• "Britain gets rich from making us buy the manufactured goods that they make with our raw materials."

• "Britain is taxing all the goods that we import from them, even such necessities of paper and tea."

• "The King has placed limits on our expansion, even though we fought and died to gain the territory past the Appalachian Mountains."

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The cartoon below reflects the colonists' frustration with-- (8.4A)

• having to pay to house British soldiers

• being forced to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains

• being taxed without any voice in government

• not being protected from the Native Americans

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The engraving best explains the colonial viewpoint of the Boston Massacre that the-- (8.4A)

• shots at Lexington were the opening shots of the revolution

• closing of the Boston Harbor harmed the colonial economy

• British soldiers fired on an unarmed group of colonists

• colonists were throwing stones and sticks at the soldiers

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Which statement correctly contrasts the British view and the colonial view of the Proclamation Line established in 1763? (8.4A)

• The British viewed the line as a way to provide land for new settlers, but colonists believed they already owned the land west of the line.

• The British viewed the line as a way to prevent the French from entering the colonies, but colonists believed the line did not provide enough protection from the French and Native Americans.

• The British viewed the line as a way to offer safe territories for Native Americans, but colonists believed they should share all the land with the different tribes.

• The British viewed the line as a way to avoid hostilities between Native Americans and colonists, but colonists believed the line limited their freedom and challenged land claims already in place.

Multiple Choice

The British Parliament enacted the Intolerable Acts in direct response to the-- (8.4A)

• formation of the First Continental Congress in the colonies

• refusal of the colonists to support the French and Indian War

• Virginia Resolves that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies

• Boston Tea Party and other colonial protests of the Tea Act of 1773

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How did the British policy of mercantilism limit the freedom of those living in the American colonies? (8.4A)

• By forcing colonists to give up all attempts at self-government

• By requiring the colonies to sell certain goods only to England

• By imprisoning colonists who protested the British government

• By limiting all colonial settlements to land east of the Appalachian Mountains

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Which statement best explains the British government's reason for imposing new taxes on the American colonies after the French and Indian War? (8.4A)

• Britain was in massive debt following the war.

• Britain was providing increasing help to the colonies.

• The colonies had not helped the British army defeat the French.

• The colonies were accustomed to paying taxes to the British government.

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Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France.

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor