Unit 1: Revolution Review

Why was the war named the “French and Indian War”?

• England fought against France and its Indian allies.
• France fought against the Indians.
• England and France fought against the Indians.
• France fought against England and its Indian allies.

What was the purpose of the event represented on the map by the heavy black line?

• to increase British power in the colonies
• to please French fur traders
• to help the Native Americans keep their land
• to stop Native American and colonists from fighting over land

After the Treaty of Paris, which European countries controlled most of the land in North America?

• Spain and France
• Russia and Spain
• Britain and Spain
• Russia and France

Which British Act prevented colonists from exploring lands west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• The Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaratory Acts

This law was a tax on everyday items such as glass, tea, paper, lead and paint:

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products:

• boycott
• petition
• minutemen
• mercenary

What economic policies following the French and Indian War caused the American Revolution?

• boycotts

• Taxes to pay off the war debt

• Capitalism

• Colonization

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• King George III made the Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of the colonists

• The Proclamation was a series of taxes

• The Proclamation gave the colonies their independence

• The end of the French and Indian War

Why did King George III say he issued the proclamation?

• That land belonged to Spain

• He gave France back the land through a treaty

• To prevent an uprising

• to prevent future wars with the Native Americans. He was protecting the colonist and tired of paying for the wars.

What Act placed a tax on all paper items in the colonies?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts