The Road to Independence Part 1

The French and Indian War was fought between

• The Indians and the French

• The French and the British

• The British and the Colonists

• The British and the Native Americans

As a result of the French and Indian War, the British

• invited members of the colonies to serve as representatives in Parliament

• asked members of the House of Burgesses to raise money for the British debts

• sailed back to England and left the colonists alone

• imposed new taxes, including the Stamp Act, that had to be paid by the colonists

The colonists were not upset at having to pay the taxes. They were upset that they had no say and no reprenentation.

• True

• False

Why did the British government create the Stamp Act?

• protect the colonists from French attacks

• to ensure that all British goods had the King's seal

• to force colonists to help pay Britain's war debts

• to issue stamps for packages going back and forth between the colonies and England

Discontent in the colonies and a desire for independence grew because

• Great Britain kept increasing and adding colonial taxes

• the colonists were fighting with the Native Americans

• the colonists demanded more tea

• the British soldiers were no longer protecting the colonists

Colonists were also upset because the British showed excessive military force in Boston and began taking away colonial rights.

• True

• False

The colonists referred to the Quartering Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Boston Port Act, and the Administration of Justice Act as the

• Indescribable Acts

• Violation Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Colonial Acts

Why did 12 of the 13 colonies gather at the First Continental Congress?

• to declare independence

• to draft a list of complaints and grievances against the British government

• to declare war

• to celebrate improved relationships between Great Britain and the colonies

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Jenkins

• Abraham Lincoln

• Donald Adams

What was the Declaration of Independence?

• a key document in American history that listed the colonists' desire to break away from Great Britain

• a key document in American history that listed the colonists' desire to break away from France

• the document that explains the laws in American Government

• an unimportant piece of paper that made no difference in American history