American Revolution VOCAB & Cause/Effect Review

Which British king ruled the colonies in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

• King James
• King George
• King George II
• King George III

The group of British lawmakers that ruled the colonies with the king was the...

• Parliament
• Congress
• Senate
• House of Representatives

According to John Locke, government should protect a person's natural rights to...

• Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness
• Life, Liberty, & Property
• Liberty, Property, & Pursuit of Happiness
• Life, Property, & Pursuit of Happiness

Locke believed that if a government can't protect natural rights, people should...

• Move to another country
• Accept that they have no rights and carry on
• Obey the laws until the government changes
• Change/overthrow the government

A colonist who supported/favored independence (breaking away) from Britain

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• Tory
• Democrat

A colonist who supported/favored the British & didn't want independence.

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• Whig
• Republican

Tariff is a tax on ____ goods.

• Domestic

• Imported (Foreign)

• Luxury

• Local

Smuggling is when someone...

• Refuses to buy goods as a protest
• Decides to not pay taxes on certain goods
• Sneaks goods into a country to avoid taxes
• Stops paying their debt in protest

A boycott is when someone ____ to buy/do something as a form of protest.

• considers

• agrees

• decides

• refuses

The French & Indian War was fought over who would control the Ohio River Valley west of the Appalachian Mts. Who won the war in 1763?

• The French with their colonists & Native American allies.

• The British with their colonists & Native American allies.

• The Spanish with their colonists & Native American allies.

• The Dutch with their colonists & Native American allies.