Unit 3 Test: Revolutionary War

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 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?

• Ku Klux Klan
• Adams’ Raiders
• Freedom Fighters
• Sons of Liberty

Which law passed by Parliament led to a famous event where colonists dressed up as Native Americans and committed acts of vandalism and destruction?

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townsend Act
• Tea Act