Pre-Revolution Events

The French and Indian War was also called the _____.

• Revolutionary War

• Nine Years' War

• Seven Years' War

The French and Indian War was fought over _____.

• slavery

• Indian treatment

• land disputes

Who were the two main groups who fought against each other in the French and Indian War?

• the British and the French

• the North and the South

• the Britsh and the Americans

After the Americans helped the British to defeat the French in the French and Indian War, they thought that they should be able to move _____.

• back to England

• west

• to France

In the Proclamation of 1763, King George III told the colonists they could NOT move west _____.

• in order to prevent conflicts between the colonists and the American Indians

• because the land didn't belong to England

• because the colonists could not afford to pay for the land

After the French and Indian War, British Parliament started passing lots of acts (laws) because _____.

• the Americans had mistreated the American Indians during the war

• they thought the Americans should help pay off the British government's debts from the war

• the colonists were misbehaving

Which items were taxed by the Stamp Act?

• printed items like newspapers

• marriage

• stamps

The portrayal of the Boston Massacre was _____ by American Patriots like Paul Revere when he called it the "Bloody Massacre."

• accurately portrayed

• exaggerated

Were any of the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre convicted of murder?

• yes

• no

Answer explanation

Two soldiers were convicted of manslaughter, but none of the accused eight men were convicted of murder. (Manslaughter is unintentional killing of another, but murder involves intent to harm and usually premeditation.)

The reason for the protest called the Boston Tea Party against Parliament's Tea Act was because _____.

• colonists did not have any representatives in Parliament when the Tea Act was passed

• the tea from the East India Tea Company was more expensive than other tea

• the colonists did not like the tea from the East India Tea Company