American Revolution Unit Review

The French and Indian War was fought between the British and France. The war started as a dispute over -

• Land

• Money

• Religion

• Slavery

The Natives American sided with whom during the French and Indian War?

• The British

• The colonists

• The French

• Neither

What statement best describes French relations with American Indian tribes compared to the British?

• The French treated them worse by enslaving them and taking their lands.

• The French forced the Natives to convert to Christianity

• The French continuously fought against the Native Americans in bloody wars

• The French treated the Natives with respect and were peaceful

What was the effect of the French and Indian War being very costly?

• The British turned to slavery to make money

• The British passed new taxes on the colonists

• The British began to sell part of its American lands to other countries

• The French passed new taxes on the colonists

What was the MAIN reason the colonists were angry about these new taxes?

• Colonists hated paying taxes

• Colonists had no representation in the British government

• Colonists did not have the money to pay the new taxes

• Colonists hated Britain

Which of the following acts limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Act

• Declaration of Boundaries

• Proclamation of 1763

Which act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.  

• Townshend Acts

• Declaratory Act

• Intolerable Act

• Quartering Act

Where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War?

• Lexington and Concord

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Breed’s Hill

Once the sugar tax was passed colonists protested by  ________; they refused to buy molasses and sugar.

• Boycotting

• Petitioning

• Repealing

• Ratifying

What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes?  

• Loyalists

• Adams’ Raiders

• Freedom Fighters

• Sons of Liberty