Unit 2 - Sem 1 Review

What were the major consequences of the French and Indian War?

• France gained control of most of North America

• Britain gained territory and fell into major debt

• The colonies lost their territory

• The colonies became the United States of America

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• law that placed taxes on things like sugar and molasses

• law that required American colonists to pay for the quartering of British troops

• law that did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains

What was the main reason colonists did not want to pay British taxes?

• they were too expensive

• the taxes caused economic hardships for most people

• they did not elect members of Parliament so they believed they had no right to tax them

What happened at the Boston Massacre on March 5th, 1770?

• Redcoats and colonists fired at each other, starting the Revolutionary War

• British troops fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 people

• Colonists opened fire on British redcoats, causing a riot to break out

• British troops set fire to several colonists home

How did Britain respond to the Boston Tea Party?

• They ignored it
• They apologized and repealed the tax
• They passed the Intolerable Acts and closed the port of Boston

• They declared war on the colonies

Who led the Sons of Liberty?

• Sam Adams

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

What influence did philosopher John Locke have on the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke wrote the Declaration of Independence
• John Locke's ideas about rights to life, liberty, and property were used in the Declaration of Independence

• John Locke was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
• John Locke was a critic of the Declaration of Independence

Which country's support was crucial to the US during its war for independence?

• France
• Germany
• Russia
• China

Why was the Battle of Trenton so important for Washington and the Continental Army?

• Americans finally believed we could actually defeat the British

• Thousands of British soldiers died in battle

• it led to the immediate surrender of British troops

• it convinced the Continental Congress to approve the Declaration of Independence

What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• 9 of the 13 states need to approve laws and all 13 were needed to amend the Constitution

• the was no executive branch (President)

• Congress didn't have the ability to collect taxes

• All of the above