Chapter 8 The Colonies Unite

Who was the first African American to die in the colonies fight for freedom?

• Samuel Adams
• Geoarge Washington
• Crispus Attucks
• Paul Revere

What is Parliament?

• King Geoege III's house
• working against your own goverment
• The British lawmaking branch
• The colonies goverment

What is treason?

• working against own goverment
• paying taxes
• refusing to buy a product
• to take back

How did the Boston Tea Party express the views of many colonists?

• It showed that many colonists did not like tea

• It showed that many colonists supported Mohawk cuases

• It showed that the coloinists strongly protested the tea tax

• It showed that the tea would remain in Boston

What happened when English settlers moved west?

• Native Americans resisted English settlement.

• Native Americans welcomed the settlers.

• Native Americans moved farther west.

• Native Americans showed the settlers survival skills.

Which BEST describes the beginning of the French and Indian War?

• Spanish and French fight over Florida.

• British and Spanish fight over New Mexico.

• French and British fight over the Ohio River valley.

• French and Native Americans fight over Great Lakes region.

Which of the following caused the Intolerable Acts?

• Boston Massacre

• First Continental Congress

• Committees of Correspondence

• Boston Tea Party

Which Patriot warned of the British attack?

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

• George Washington

What was one major cause of the French and Indian War?

• France and Britain both claimed the same lands in North America?

• American colonists wanted independence from Britain.

• Native Americans did not like French people settling on western lands.

• The British government passed new tax laws in the colonies.

What did the British government do to help pay the cost of the French and Indian War?

• It printed colonial currency.

• It forced the colonists to trade only with Britain.

• It passed new tax laws for the colonies.

• It sold western lands to settlers.