Week 1 Trouble in the Colonies

Select TWO advantages Great Britain had during the French and Indian War:

• They had their own militia (volunteer army).

• Each colony grew their own food, so soldiers wouldn’t go hungry.

• They had more men.

• They could swim better.

True or false:

After the French and Indian War, France lost almost all of their land in North America.

• True

• False

George Washington gained experience as a soldier, leader, and_______.

• Singer

• Dancer

• Spokesperson

The British government tried to earn money to pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War by _______ the colonists.

• Paying

• Taxing

• Moving

• Beating

The colonists believed they had the right to be represented in the government of England because they _____taxes

• did not pay

• stole

• paid

• donated

The colonists protests of the _______gave them the idea of independence from Great Britain.

• land

• roads

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

King George used the _______Mountains as the boundary of the Proclamation of 1763.

• Appalachian

• Smoky

• Rocky

Why didn’t King George not want his colonists to move west?

• He wanted to play with them.

• His soldiers couldn’t protect them.

• He wanted to take them to the park.

• He wanted to take them to war.

King George started the ______Act to get back at the colonists for dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.

• Tea

• Stamp

• Quartering

• Paper

Money collected by the government to fund operations

• Proclamation

• Colonists

• Tax

• Taxation