The American Revolution

Who is Louisiana named after?

• King Louis of England

• King George of England

• King Louis of France

• Robert de La Salle's wife, Louise

Why did the French and British fight over the Ohio River Valley?

• The French wanted the land for fur. The British wanted it for farming.

• The French wanted more land to sell to Spain.

• The British wanted more land to sell to Spain.

• The British wanted the land for fur. The French wanted it for farming.

Who led the British in the first battle of the French and Indian War?

• General Duquesne

• General Washington

• General Lee

• General Pitt

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• It ended the French and Indian War in North America.

• It ended the French and Indian War in Europe.

• It forbid French settlers from moving west of the Appalachian mountains.

• It forbid British settlers from moving west of the Appalachian mountains.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

• The British and American colonists had tea together to work out their differences.

• French sailors boarded British ships and dumped boxes of tea overboard.

• American colonists stopped British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped their cargos of tea.

• The British compromised with the American colonists and reached an agreement about a fair tax.

Why did General Thomas Gage send British troops to Lexington and Concord?

• To seize weapons and arrest leaders.

• To meet with the local governors.

• To buy weapons and pay Paul Revere.

• To arrest George Washington.

Who fought in the Revolutionary War?

• The British against the American colonists.

• The French against the British.

• The French against the American colonists.

• The colonists against the Native Americans.

The _______ were colonists who did not want to separate from Britain.

• militia

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• minutemen

John Locke believed that all people had three natural rights. What are they?

• food, clothing, and shelter

• speech, property, and religion

• life, liberty, and property

• money, property, and religion

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• A document that gives Great Britain power to tax the colonies.

• A document that declares the colonies independence from each other.

• A document that lists the reasons the colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain.

• A document that lists crimes that the Parliament committed against the King.