Constitutional Foundations-4

Which geographic feature most limited the westward movement

of American colonists before 1750?

• E

• H

• C

• A

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 Spain and Native American Indians

Many colonies objected to the Albany Plan of Union (1754) mainly because

• colonial assemblies did not want to give up their individual power

• the colonies had just been given representation in Parliament

• the plan gave too much power to Native American Indians

• threats to colonial safety had ended

This map shows the western limit of colonial settlement that resulted from the

• founding of Jamestown

• Monroe Doctrine

• Compromise of 1850

• Proclamation Line of 1763

The Proclamation Line of 1763 was intended to

• allow American farmers to use the Mississippi River

• outlaw slavery in the Ohio River Valley

• prevent France from expanding into the Great Lakes region

• avoid conflicts with Native American Indians west of the Appalachian Mountains

Which geographic feature was used to establish the Proclamation Line of 1763?

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Great Lakes

• The Mississippi River

• The Appalachian Mountains

The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians

• make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River Valley

Why did colonists oppose the Quartering Act after the French and Indian War?

• They felt it was a violation of their natural rights.

• It interfered with triangular trade.

• It violated the principle of freedom of the press.

• It restricted slavery in the colonies.

At the end of the French and Indian War, Britain tried to

• restrict colonial independence

• expand westward beyond the Mississippi River

• return to a policy of salutary neglect

• remove Native American Indians from the Ohio River Valley

As a result of the French and Indian War

• the Navigation Acts and mercantilism were ended in the colonies

• Great Britain eliminated the use royal governors in the colonies

• salutary neglect and colonial economic independence were expanded

• Great Britain established new taxes on the colonies to pay for the war and protect the colonists