US History - Ch. 2 Study Guide

Match the following nations with their correct alliances during the French and Indian War.

Groups:

(a) English

,

(b) French

• American Colonists

• Native Americans

What nation was defeated in the French and Indian War?

• Spain

• Iroquois

• England

• France

Select all of the taxes placed on the colonists after the French and Indian War.

• Sugar Act

• Harbor Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Treaty Act

Which of the following taxes were NOT placed on the colonist after the French and Indian Wars?

• Boston Harbor Act

• Tea Tax

• Sugar Tax

• Stamp Act

After the French and Indian War, the colonists wished to settle in the area marked on the map above. What prohibited them from doing so?

• The English soldiers already lived in the area.

• The taxes were too high to purchase the land.

• The mountains were difficult to cross.

• The English created the Proclamation of 1763.

Why did the British government prohibit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War?

• The British agreed to allow the Indians to have the land in a settlement treaty.

• The British wanted to control everything the colonists did, thus created this boundary out of spite.

• It was going to cost too much to protect it.

• The British needed men to continue fighting the French in Europe.

Select the area that was marked off limits to American Colonists after the Proclamation of 1763.

The major purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to -

• detail many of the grievances against the king

• form the new colonial government

• show justification for the abandonment of the Proclamation of 1763

• outline the path our country would take into the 18th century

Whose writings were greatly reflected through the ideas expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin and John Locke

• Benjamin Franklin and James Madison

• John Adams and Thomas Paine

• John Locke and Thomas Paine

A period known as "Enlightenment" started in Europe during the 17th and 18th Centuries. It led people to question their relationships to their...

• Slaves

• Rulers

• Patriarch

• Church