American Revolution Vocab. Quiz

Which theory states that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country?

• Albany Plan of Union

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

• Mercantilism

Which series of laws made it illegal for colonists to trade goods with countries other than England?

• Stamp Act Acts

• Albany Plan of Union

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

What was the major conflict between French/Indians and British forces from 1754-1763 called?

• First Continental Congress

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

Who created the plan to unite the British colonies against the French during the French and Indian War?

• Thomas Paine

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

Which agreement ended the French and Indian War in 1763 and resulted in the British gaining most of the French land in North America?

• Treaty of Paris of 1763

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• Declaration of Independence

Which British law made it illegal for colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts

A colonist who supported British laws and taxes.

• Loyalist

• Patriot

Documents created by colonists where they agreed to boycott British goods.

• Committees of Correspondence

• Nonimportation Agreements

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

Colonist who was opposed to British taxation

• Patriot

• Loyalist

Groups of ordinary citizens who agree to serves as soldiers during an emergency.

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Militia