11th Grade U.S. History Mid-Term Exam Study Guide (Part 2)

Why do the Iroquois ally with the British?

• The British governors had treated them fairly

• British trappers had made friends with the Indians

• The Iroquois feared the growth of French Power

• The Iroquois' enemy had joined the French

What country was England's main opponent during the wars that raged from the 1680s to the 1760s?

• Germany

• France

• Spain

• Austria

• Portugal

Which of the following was a French military leader?

• Comte de Frontenac

• Louis Joliet

• Robert de La Salle

• Jacques Marquette

What advantage did the French have over the British throughout the French and Indian War?

• stronger Indian allies

• larger population in North America

• better fleet

• popular support for the war

Who were the Acadians?

• Indians who allied with the British

• Indians who joined Pontiac against the British

• Canadians who joined the French army

• French settlers who were forcibly removed from Nova Scotia

The British three-part plan to win the Seven Years' War included all of the following except . . .

• leaving the fighting in Europe to its ally, Prussia

• leaving the fighting in America to the colonists

• using its fleet to isolate the French colonies

• replacing old, incompetent commanders.

Where were five unarmed colonists killed by British soldiers in 1770?

• Baltimore

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Williamsburg

• Plymouth

What was the crucial issue behind the War for Independence?

• Stamp tax

• Tea tax

• An idealized view of liberty

• Practical self-government

What was a major accomplishment of the First Continental Congress?

• appointing a commander in chief

• asserting the rights of the colonies to govern themselves

• petitioning the king to stop the abuses of Parliament

• raising a continental army

At what point during the Revolution was "the world turned upside down"?

• during the siege of Charleston

• during the siege of Yorktown

• during the Battle of Long Island

• during the battles of Lexington and Concord