The American Revolution Review for UNIT TEST

How did Great Britain raise money to pay the costs of the French and Indian War?

• Sold tobacco to the colonists

• Traded with the French

• Taxed the colonists

• Built new bridges

This law restricted the western movement of settlers:

• Townshend Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• Coercive Act

Why were the colonists dissatisfied (unhappy) with Great Britain?

• The colonists did not have representation in Parliament.

• The king refused to visit.

• The colonists liked the colonial governor.

• The king did not control colonial legislatures

Great Britain passed these laws to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

What happened at the First Continental Congress?

• The colonies met to discuss Ben Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union

• The colonies met to discuss the problems caused by the Iroquois

• The colonies met to discuss problems with Great Britain and to promote independence

• The colonies met to discuss a peace treaty with Great Britain

Who was the French nobleman who served in the Continental Army and contributed to the victory at Yorktown?

• Thomas Paine

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Washington

• Lord Cornwallis

Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?

• Edward II

• Charles I

• George III

• Henry VIII

Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

Who was the British General that surrendered to George Washington, ending the Revolutionary war?

• Patrick Henry

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Samuel Adams

• Lord Cornwallis

Under which treaty did Great Britain accept American independence?

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Yorktown 1776

• Treaty of Saratoga 1781