SSUSH3 Content Quiz

What was significant about the French and Indian War?

• It was the first major war b/w French settlers & Native Americans.

• It settled the issue of which European nation would dominate Eastern North America

• It left colonies deeply in debt and beggining Great Britian to pass new taxes

• It was the first war the British ever lost, thereby giving the colonist hope that they could also defeat the king's army.

A colonist wanting to settle new land taken from the French after 1763 would have been most upset about which of the following?

• the Proclamation of 1763

• the Stamp Act

• the Boston Tea Party

• the Intolerable Acts

Someone inspired by the writings of Thomas Paine in 1776 would MOST LIKELY support which of the following statements?

• "Long Live King George!"

• "The colonies must proclaim their independence!"

• "Laws passed by Parliament must be respected."

• "Slavery is a moral outrage and must be abolished"

What was the purpose of the meeting in Albany, NY in July 1754?

• to come up with a way to tax the colonist for the war.

• to come up with a common policy for dealing with the Indian Tribes.

• to decide what nation could claim the lands in the Ohio River Valley.

• To end the French and Indian War and sign the Treaty of Paris.

The _________ Act passed in 1765 and was the first taxation law imposed upon the colonist.

What was the name of the law made to punish the Colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

• Proclamation of 1773

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Party Acts

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

• Ohio Valley War

An organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies

• Sons/Daughters of Liberty

• Committees of Correspondance

• Knights Templar

• Continental Congress

Which of the following are the main causes of the French and Indian War? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Conflict over the Ohio River Valley

• Control of the North American continent.

• The direct tax from England onto the colonist without representation.

• The colonist taking over Native American lands

Which of the following was a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• France was in a great deal of debt.

• The French lost control/claims to mainland North America, Canada, and the Ohio River Valley

• All of the territory west of the Mississippi was given to Britain.

• Great Britain had to give up the Carribean colonies to the French.