Ch. 8 Test

Why did the French want control of the Ohio Valley?

• Pennsylvania and Virginia colonists saw it as an area of trade and growth.

• It was an important link between Canada and Louisiana.

• The natural resources of the Appalachian Mountains were valuable.

• They wanted to form alliances with the Native Americans.

Which of the following was not a result of the Treaty of Paris?

• France gave most of its lands in present-day Canada to Britain.

• Britain received Florida from Spain.

• Britain received New Orleans from the French.

• Spain kept control of land west of the Mississippi River.

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.

____________, the lawmaking branch of the British government, sent an army to help fight the French and their Native American allies.

• Parliament

• Delegates

• Representatives

• Executive

A plan for spending money is known as a ____________.

• budget

• invocie

• receipt

• journal

Why did Parliament pass new taxes for the colonists?

• to pay off the cost of the French and Indian War

• to pay for a new war with the Spanish

• to pay of the cost of building colonies in the New World

• to pay back the French for their help fighting the Native Americans

In 1764, to raise money, Britain passed the __________ Act.

• Sugar

• Honey

• Tea

• Straw

complete control of a good or service in an area, by either a person or group

• monopoly

• coerce

• blockade

• quarter

to force someone to obey laws

• monopoly

• coerce

• blockade

• quarter

to stop ships from entering or leaving a harbor

• monopoly

• coerce

• blockade

• quarter