American Revolution

The French and Indian War led to the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

• feared it would provoke attacks from the Native Americans.
• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France.
• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion.
• wanted to trade freely with foreign nations.

the Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act contributed to the start of the American Revolution by...

• restricting colonial trade with American Indians.
• imposing regulations on colonial agriculture.
• angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties were being violated.
• punishing colonists for resisting Parliament.

Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?

• English Bill of Rights
• US Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Declaration of the Rights of Man

What was added to the U.S.Constitution to guarantee that people's individual freedoms would be protected under the law?

• Bill of Rights
• Petition of Right
• Habeas Corpus
• Preamble

What was the main cause of the French and Indian War (1754–1763)?

• disputed land claims in the Ohio River valley between the French and the British

• conflicts between American colonists and the French over control of the Great Plains

• taxation of American colonists without representation in Parliament

• violation of trade agreements between European nations and Native American Indians

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness were...

• Unalienable rights
• Bill of Rights
• Freedom to live
• Will Smith movie

One of the main principles stated in the Declaration of Independence is that government should

• equality among citizens

• have unlimited power to rule the people

• be based upon the consent (permission) of the governed

• be led by educated citizens

The goal of this group was to increase the resistance movement within the colonies to fight unfair taxation passed by Parliament.

• Parliament

• Committees of Correspondence

• Loyalists

• Cavaliers

What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?

• Led to new taxes they did not vote on

• Led to more wars with the French

• They lost their land to Native Americans

• The British established military law in the colonies