Social Studies Chapter 8

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 laws in the colonies

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

• It printed colonial money

• It forced the colonists to trade only with Britain

• It passed new tax laws for the colonies

• It sold western lands to settlers

What does the word representation mean in the following sentence: Many colonists said that Parliament should not tax them because they had no representation.

• a plan for spending money

• money that government collects from citizens

• a voice in one's government

• a lawmaking body

How did many colonists protest the taxes placed on British goods?

• They left the colonies

• They fought with British soldiers

• They refused to buy British goods

• They refused to make British goods

How did the Committees of Correspondence help the colonists fight British rule?

• They spread information quickly

• They housed British soldiers

• They voted to declare independence

• They stole British goods

When did the British realize that fighting the colonists would not be easy?

• after the battles of Lexington and Concord

• after the Battle of Bunker Hill

• after the Boston Tea Party

• after Congress approved the Declaration of Independence

Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord important?

• They marked the end of the French and Indian War

• They forced Parliament to repeal all new tax laws

• They marked the beginning of the American Revolution

• They were the first battles led by George Washington

What happened on July 4, 1776?

• The colonist won the American Revolution

• The 13 colonies formed their first united government

• Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence

• The colonist formed the first Committee of Correspondence

What was the first plan of government for the United States called?

• the Albany Plan

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Olive Branch Petition

What is one effect that the Articles of Confederation had on the new nation?

• Congress was given the power to control trade

• Congress was able to collect taxes

• The power of the states were limited

• The states were held together as a nation during the Revolutionary War