8th Grade Chapter 3 test

What led to Britain's financial problems in the mid-1700s?

• payments to Native Americans for use of their lands in North America

• debt from years of fighting wars

• the building of settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains

What area did France lose in the French and Indian War?

• Florida

• Virginia

• Canada

Who were the strongest European powers in North America during the early to mid 1700s

• Britain and Portugal

• France and Spain

• France and Britain

what was the Sugar Act? Select all that apply

• a law passed by the British Parliament

• A law lowering the tax on molasses

• a law raising the tax on sugarcane

• a law allowing British officers to take goods from merchants without going to court

what is expressed in the Declaration of Independence ? Select all that apply

• people must obey the government

• people have certain rights that cannot be violated

• people have the right to put a new government in place

Who were the Loyalists

• colonists who supported British rule

• colonists who supported the independence from Britain

• colonists who were delegates to the Continental Congress

Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill important?

• The Americans won the battle

• The British realized that the Americans would be hard to defeat

• The Americans lost more men than the British

The Proclamation of 1763 called for

• a halt to westward expansion

• a war

• settlers going to court

What was the purpose of the Continental Congress?

• a group of delegates from the colonies that came together to represent merchants

• a group of delegates from the colonies that created the United States Constitution

• To set up a political body to represent Americans and challenge British control

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington