TCI S.S. Lesson 10

Which two groups were fighting against each other in the French and Indian War?

• France against Great Britain

• France against Spain

• France against the American Indians

• Great Britain against the American colonists

What were the two sides fighting over in the French and Indian War?

• territory in Canada

• land in the Ohio River Valley

• control over the 13 colonies

• the vast area known as Louisiana

Why did Great Britain enact the Proclamation of 1763?

• to declare its control over French territory in Canada

• to make the colonists pay for the cost of their own defense

• to show the colonists that Great Britain was still in control over them

• to give American Indians their own land and stop the attacks on colonists

Why did the British Parliament pass the Quartering Act?

• to raise money for the king's coronation celebrations

• to make the colonists provide a place for British troops to live

• to close Boston Harbor and stop all goods from being traded

• to give American Indians their own land for them to farm on

The colonists reacted so strongly against the Stamp Act because they

• had no say in making the law.

• felt it affected the church's power.

• worried it would raise their taxes.

• did not know the number of troops.

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts?

• They stopped buying imported British goods.

• They refused to vote in British elections.

• They demonstrated in front of the British Parliament.

• They refused to allow British troops in their homes.

Why did the tension between colonists and British soldiers grow in 1770?

• The colonists resented that the British soldiers took jobs away from them.

• The colonists remained angry that British soldiers were living in their towns.

• The colonists' anger made the jobs of the British soldiers more difficult.

• all of the above

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

• The British army killed hundreds of colonists in a brutal day-long battle.

• Colonial sharpshooters killed dozens of British troops in a surprise attack.

• Colonists killed twenty-six British soldiers in a formal battle on Boston Common.

• Panicking British soldiers killed five colonists in an unplanned burst of violence.

What did the Committees of Correspondence do in the late 1700s?

• They wrote letters of protest to King George and members of Parliament.

• They wrote newspaper editorials urging colonists to remain loyal to the king.

• They kept other colonists informed about British actions in their regions.

• They organized an armed rebellion against British troops after the Boston Massacre.

How did the British Parliament react to the Boston Tea Party?

• It declared war against its own colonies.

• It passed laws that closed down all of the colonies.

• It allowed colonists to send representatives to Parliament.

• It passed the Coercive Acts to force colonies to obey Britain.