SS Unit 4 Study Guide

Which event on the timeline helped to give the Continental Army new resources for fighting?

• France joins with the colonies

• Winter at Valley Forge

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

The Stamp Act and the Sugar Act were passed by the British Parliament to raise money for —

• constructing a new royal place west of London

• building new ships to patrol the Atlantic Ocean coastline

• modernizing the harbor of Boston to permit larger ships

• protecting the colonies during the French and Indian War

What is one way the colonists responded to the British government imposing taxes in the colonies?

• They passed the Intolerable Acts.

• They signed the Mayflower Compact.

• They declared war on the French and American Indians.

• They dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

No taxation without representation became a popular motto in the British colonies in North America because it was —

• printed on pamphlets by the Sons of Liberty

• recorded in the Declaration of Independence

• a reflection of colonists' feelings about Parliament not respecting them

• printed on pamphlets by the Sons of Liberty

What name was given to the activist group of men who acted out in response to the Stamp Act?

• Founding Fathers

• Sons of Liberty

• Boston Party

• Patriots

Thomas Jefferson contributed to the Patriots’ cause by writing the —

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

Which Founding Father is described by the information in the box?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

After the French and Indian War, the size of the British colonies in North America doubled because

• France lost most of their colonies in North America

• American Indian groups lost land claims in Canada

• France sold their land to the colonies in America

• British officials encouraged settlement in the West

Americans celebrate the Fourth of July to remember the-

• Creation of the Bill of Rights

• beginning of the American Revolution

• signing of the Declaration of Independence

• beginning of the Civil War

What song was made popular by British soldiers trying to mock the American colonists?

• "wheels on the Bus"

• “Paul Revere’s Ride”

• ”Yankee Doodle”

• "God Save the Queen"