Byrd American Revolution review

Who fought against each other in the French and Indian war?

• France and the Indians

• France and Great Britain

• Great Britain and the Americans

• Americans and the Indians

What 2 problems existed after the French and Indian War

• Colonists wanted to declare independence and declared war
• debt and Britain gained new land with Natives living there
• France would not give up and kept fighting and Spain attacked GA
• Canada attacked Great Britain and France

How did Britain solve the debt problem caused by the French & Indian War?

• They held a bake sale

• They raised taxes on people living in England

• Parliament imposed taxes on the colonists

• They forgave the debt as long as the colonists would remain loyal

How did Great Britain solve the land/Native American problem after the French and Indian War?

• They created taxes on the colonists.
• They required every male to fight in a war against Native Americans
• They signed a treaty with Native Americans purchasing all of the land west of the mountains
• They forbid the colonists from moving west of the mountains.

What law made colonists angry because it forbade them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1763
• Declaration of Independence
• Stamp Act
• Articles of Confederation

Which law placed a tax on items like wills, licenses, and other documents?

• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Act

How did colonists respond to the Stamp Act?

• They loved it and gladly paid the tax.
• They protested and boycotted British goods.
• They dumped crates of tea into the Boston harbor.
• They wrote the Declaration of Independence

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

• They wanted representation in parliament
• They didn't care about being British.
• They weren't upset about the taxes.
• They thought the taxes were too high.

What was the impact of colonists protesting the Stamp Act?

• nothing
• The British declared war on them.
• They wrote the Declaration of Independence
• Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.

Which is NOT a section of the Declaration of Independence?

• plan for a government with three branches

• preamble with rights and reasons for leaving

• 27 grievances against King George III

• formal statement declaring independence