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Quiz 2 Review
Events Before the Revolution

Quiz is Tuesday 9/24

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Multiple Choice
True or false
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French and Indian War

Misconception Alert!

• Columbus mistakenly named indigenous people as "Indians" because he thought he landed on the islands close to India

• The conflict "French and Indian War" was part of a larger conflict known as the Seven Years War in Europe, since Native Americans mostly picked to fight with the French colonists called it the French and Indian War

Washington and his men fired the first shots in a conflict known as the French and Indian War. This war was part of the Seven Years’ War, a long global struggle between France and Great Britain over territorial claims.

​Introducing George Washington!

This drawing by Benjamin Franklin is considered the first political cartoon in American history. In it, Franklin compares the colonies’ lack of unity to a snake cut into pieces. Although the drawing was originally used to promote the Albany Plan, it would soon become a symbol of colonial unity and freedom.

America's First Political Cartoon

To colonists whose fortunes were founded on Indigenous land, the king's order suggested tyranny, or the unjust use of government power. They argued that White colonists had already claimed most of the land east of the Appalachians and that farmers had to move west to find land. Besides, colonists and land investors had already crossed the mountains into Indigenous territory.

​Proclamation 1763

In 1765, George Grenville (Parliament) proposed a new act, or law, called the Stamp Act, which required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used. Newspapers, wills, licenses, and even playing cards had to be printed on stamped paper.

​Stamp Act

Fill in the Blanks

The Quartering Act ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with

, or housing

Multiple Choice

Who lead the Virginia militia to attack the French in the Ohio River Valley starting the conflict known as the French and Indian War?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• John Adams

Multiple Choice

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

• A military alliance formed by Native American tribes.
• The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal for a unified colonial government in 1754.
• A proposal for a new tax system in the colonies.
• A treaty between France and Britain in 1754.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a tyranny to the American colonists before 1770?

• The Stamp Act of 1765
• Fighting at Lexington and Concord

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Boston Tea Party

Part 2 Coming Monday!