Unit 1 Review Quiz

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

Why did the settlers surrender Fort Loudoun to the Cherokee and what was Fort Loudoun used for?

• The settlers and the Cherokee signed a peace treaty, giving the fort to the Cherokee. It was used as a military base.

• The settlers at the fort wanted to return to their homes in South Carolina. It was used as a secret military spot.

• The settlers lost the fort in a battle as part of the French and Indian War. It was not used for anything.

• The Cherokees surrounded the fort so the settlers could not get out to get food. It was used a trading post.

Why did Benjamin Franklin suggest the Albany Plan of Union?

• to help train the troops in the colonies

• to help the Iroquois work together

• to help all of the colonies work together

• to help Pennsylvania form a government

What act of protest was used against the British tax collectors?

• tarring and feathering

• boycotting

• letter writing

• dumping tea into the harbor

How did colonists cause conflicts with the American Indians?

• They believed they had a right to take the Indians' land.

• They polluted the Indians' water sources.

• They used planting techniques that hurt the land.

• They made trails through the Indian villages.

Why were the first years of the French and Indian War difficult for the British?

• An enemy fort in the Ohio River Valley made moving troops difficult.

• British soldiers did not know how to fight on these lands

• The Mississippi River flowed through French territory.

• Large supply ships could not reach the soldiers because they were inland.

What was the main goal of the Stamp Act?

• to raise money for the British government to pay soldiers and other war debts

• to give the British government more control over the colonists

• to limit goods that could be shipped to the colonists

• to make more money for the colonial government

Which of the following caused the French and Indian War and what was a consquence?

• The French claimed that the Ohio River valley belonged to France and colonist had to pay taxes to pay for war debt.

• Great Britain built Fort Loudoun to protect the Cherokees and colonist win.

• The British killed some Cherokee warriors in the Ohio River Valley. and everyone gained land up West.

• The Cherokees cut off supplies to the people in Fort Loudoun and colonist gained western lands

Which of the following explains "No taxation without representation"?

• The colonists refused to pay taxes until they had a voice in Parliament to help make the laws, in regards to the Stamp Act.

• The colonists had to pay taxes to repay their war debts.

• There were not many taxes the colonists had to pay.

• Britain was going to create many taxes for the colonists to pay.

Which of the following best describes the Boston Tea Party?

• The British locked tea in a warehouse because the colonists were not paying taxes on the tea.

• The Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

• The port of Boston was closed so that tea could not move in or out of the harbor.

• The Minutemen and the British soldiers began fighting.