American Revolution 22-23

What is another name for the French and Indian War?

• Battle of Kettle Creek
• Hundred Years War
• The Great War
• Seven Years War

How did the French and Indian War contribute to the beginning the American Revolution?

• Britain needed money after the war, so they taxed the colonists.
• Britain gained land and allowed the colonist to settle parts of the area. 
• Native Americans decided to attack the colonists, so the colonists declared a revolution. 
• France need money after the war, so they taxed the Native Americans. 

Why did the English believe that the colonists should help pay for the French and Indian War?

• The colonists gained land and security from the war.
• The colonists should be punished for starting the war.
• Colonial representatives in parliament voted in favor of taxes. 
• Britain decided the colonists needed taxes to teach them how to budget and promote financial stability. 

What act prohibited (did not allow) colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Treaty of Paris
• Proclamation of 1763
• Charter of 1732
• Declaration of Independence

What act required colonists to purchase stamps (or seals) that must be placed on all official documents in order for them to be legal?

• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts

What actions were taken at the Second meeting of the Continental Congress?

• create a list of British goods to boycott and protest the Quartering Act 
• plan the strategies of war to win the Battle of Lexington and Concord
• create the Continental Army, naming Washington the commander and write the Declaration of Independence
• the second meeting was just a meet and greet to get to know everyone 

Why did the British need to raise taxes?

• So that they could pay off war debt from the French and Indian War.

• So that they could defeat the Spanish in a new war over the colonies.

• The French were becoming a bigger threat and they wanted to defend themselves.

• So that they could protect the colonists from the Native Americans.

In which battle did Colonel Elijah Clarke lead Patriots in an attack on the Loyalist?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Battle of Rice Boats

Colonists who supported the Crown (British) were known as what?

• Patriots

• Commoners

• Loyalists

• Scalawags

Which Georgia battle was a crushing loss for the Georgia Patriots?

• Lexington and Concord
• Siege at Savannah
• Bloody Marsh
• Kettle Creek