Benchmark Review

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

• a plan to unite the colonies against the French

• a plan to unite the counties of New York

• a plan to fight the Spanish

• A new form of government

The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following: (select all that apply)

• banned colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

• a plan to raise taxes in the colonies

• issued to prevent conflicts with the American Indians

• a treaty between the British and French

Why did the British issue taxes after the French and Indian War?

• To buy land from the American Indians

• They owed money to the French

• To remind the colonists that they were a part of British Empire

• To help them pay off war debts

Angry at British taxes, the colonists refused to buy any British products. This form of protest is called

• a tariff

• a boycott

• tar and feathering

• a petition

What were causes of the American Revolution? (Select all that apply)

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

The Battle of Saratoga was important because

• it divided the New England colonies from the rest

• It forced the British to sign a peace treaty

• The French sent military and financial aid to the Americans

• It showed the Americans it was impossible to win against the British

This document called an end to the harmful British control of the colonies

• Declaration of Independence

• The Preamble

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? Select all that apply

• Congress couldn't collect taxes

• the states had more power than the federal government

• The president was too powerful

• The states didn't want to be united

How was the Constitution an improvement over the Articles of Confederation?

• gave each state the same number of votes in Congress

• allowed everyone to vote

• ended slavery

• balanced the power between the states and federal government

The Great Compromise settled the issue of

• how to count slaves

• the number of votes each state gets

• how to choose the president

• how much people should pay in taxes