Mini Test Review

The French and Indian War was fought between what two countries?

• France and Britain

• France and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

• Britain and Spain

In this cartoon, what is Benjamin Franklin trying to tell the American colonies?

• Only the New England colonies will succeed in the war against the French

• The South is the key to defending the colonies from France

• The only way to win the war against France is to fight together

• The only way for the colonies to survive is to surrender to the French

The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists could not settle beyond which of the following geographical features?

• Mississippi River

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

• Appalachian Mountains

The Quartering Act required colonists to:

• Give soldiers guns and ammunition

• Give soldiers shelter and food

• Give soldiers shoes and socks

• Give quarters to soldiers

Which of the following is a secret society formed to oppose British policies?

• Daughters of the Revolution

• Senators

• Founding Fathers

• Sons of Liberty

The Sugar, Stamp, and Tea Acts were passed in Parliament to:

• raise money to pay British war debt from the French & Indian War

• raise money for the colonial militia

• raise money to pay the colonists for debts the owed to the King

• raise money to pay the French soldiers from the Revolution

Which events in U.S. history best complete the time line above?

• Stamp Act, Boston Massacre

• Sugar Act, Shay’s Rebellion

• Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre, Proclamation of 1763

The stamps above are samples of the stamps used during the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act-

• forced colonists to pay an extra tax on printed documents

• placed a tax on sugar and molasses shipped into the colonies

• forced colonists to pay a tax on paint, glass, lead, and tea

• placed a tax on land being sold

The Sugar Act, Stamp Act and Townshend Act caused the colonist to-

• boycott British goods

• buy more British goods

• steal British goods

• start the Committee of Correspondence

Which of the following best describes mercantilism?

• Government rule over a country

• A political process for electing a new king.

• A belief that the colonies existed to benefit England.

• An economic process where a country strives to import (buy) more than it exports (sell.)