4th Period Unit 3 Mastery

The Ohio River Valley is significant because

• It’s lush forests provide ideal locations to hide from British officers.

• It’s location was ideal for hunting whales and other sea life creatures.

• It allowed freedom of worship due to its isolation from other settlements

• It’s fertile soil could support profitable farms

The Native Americans sided with the French over the Ohio River Valley conflict because

• Their languages were similar.

• The French desired to use the land for trading and would not force the natives off their land.

• The Native Americans were offended by the British’s religious persuasion.

• The British had desired to use the land as slave trading ground.

Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union is significant because

• It called for the colonists to reunite with their mother country

• It stopped the abuses of the economic theory of mercantilism

• It asked for the colonists to train and prepare to fight against the mother country

• It called for the individual colonies to unite together in order to strengthen their military capabilities

Why did the colonial assemblies refuse to approve the Albany Plan of Union?

• They wanted to use diplomacy to solve differences.

• They didn’t believe the French were a threat.

• They didn’t want to pay additional taxes.

• They were unwilling to give up political power.

Washington and his men were originally sent to the Ohio River Valley to

• scout the land for French troops.

• provide security for settlers in the region.

• build a fort where the rivers met.

• earn support from local Indian nations.

Britain passed the Sugar Act because

• It prevented the colonies from trading sugar with Britain

• They desired to prevent further smuggling of Sugar to increase revenue

• They wanted to ensure every household in the colonies was supplied with sugar

• They were attempting to provoke the colonists into war

The Writs of Assistance escalated the tension between the colonists and Britain by

• Allowing King George III to sentence anyone to prison without proof of a crime

• Declaring that the colonists did not have the same rights as citizens of Britain

• Discontinuing colonists from electing representatives to Parliament

• Permitting British officials to search anywhere without need of a permit

Another word for “tax” is

• levy

• duty

• account

• riffle

It can be inferred that colonists disliked the Townshend Acts more than the Sugar Act because it

• Ended all communication between the colonies with Britain

• Encouraged slaves to revolt against their owners

• Prevented colonists from having town meetings

• Levied a tax on more items than the Sugar Act

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains