UNIT 2 Review (for extra practice)

Who gained control of lands east of the Mississippi River as a result of the French and Indian War?

• the Algonquin people

• Britain

• France

• the Iroquois Confederacy

Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?

• Edward Braddock

• William Pitt the Elder

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

Which colonial leader argued that the Boston Massacre was a fight for American liberty?

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Crispus Attucks

• Thomas Jefferson

Which of the Townshend Acts forced American colonists to allow British troops to stay in their homes?

• the Declaratory Act

• the Stamp Act

• the Sugar Act

• the Quartering Act

What was the significance of the Battle of Lexington?

• The Battle of Lexington ended the American Revolution.

• The Battle of Lexington was the first battle that the minutemen won.

• The Battle of Lexington started the American Revolution.

• The Battle of Lexington was the last battle that the minutemen won.

Why was the Boston Tea Party seen as an act of rebellion?

• It was a protest that included the illegal dumping of a shipment of goods.

• It was a violent clash that led to the death of colonists at the hands of British troops.

• It was a series of protests that harmed British trade and led to the repeal of the Stamp Act.

• It was a sizable cancellation of tea orders to boycott the shipment of British tea into the colonies.

Who was a British leader who criticized Britain’s treatment of the American colonies?

• William Pitt the Elder

• George Grenville

• Benjamin Franklin

• Charles Townshend

What was one way that colonial women frequently contributed to political protests during the Revolutionary Era?

• by serving as members of colonial assemblies

• by speaking out publicly against British policy

• by joining the Sons of Liberty organization

• by participating in anti-British mob activity

American colonists were forced to let British soldiers stay in their homes. This led to

• the passage of the Declaratory Act.

• the Boston Massacre.

• the Non-Importation Agreement.

• the passage of the Quartering Act.

William Pitt the Elder thought that the British government

• was right to pass the Townshend Acts.

• should make the colonies pay for wars.

• was taxing the colonies too harshly.

• should periodically raise colonial taxes.