The Spirit of Independence Quiz

Which side did the colonists fight on in the French and Indian War?

• Native Americans

• French

• British

• Spanish

• The French and Indian war was fought because both the French and British wanted control of the rich resources of _______________.

• Ohio River Valley

• Massachusetts Colony Bay

• Appalachian Mountains

• Chesapeake Bay

The French and Indian War ended with the ______________ in 1763

• Townshend Acts

• Treaty of Paris

• Proclaimation

• Stamp Act

What did the 1763 Treaty of Paris result in? Choose two correct answers.

• Native Americans were forced to move to England

• British gained land west of the colonies and also in French Canada

• The Spanish gained land in North America

• The French lost power in North America

When Prime Minister William Pitt told the colonists they would not have to pay for the French and Indian War, how did Pitt imply it would be paid for?

• The colonists would have to farm more tobacco

• French would pay the British for the costs of the war

• Colonists would pay with slaves

• British would raise taxes on the colonists

The French and British were interested in the Ohio River Valley region due to the lucrative (profitable) _______________

• Fur Trade

• Slave Trade

• Tobacco Plantation

• Gold

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do? Choose two correct answers.

• Sent 10,000 British troops to enforce new law

• force colonists to pay taxes

• prevented colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains on Native land

• forced Native Americans to move west

Which group paid off more debt from the French and Indian War?

• Native Americans

• Colonists

• British

The colonist were angry at Britain over the new taxes. They thought that ONLY their own assemblies should be able to impose taxes on them. What did the Stamp Act in 1765 do?

• Taxed all exported goods

• Taxed all stamps bought in the colonies

• Taxed all printed materials

• Taxed all imported goods

The ___________________ formed to protest the Stamp Act. They were an underground society that instigated riots in Boston Massachusetts.

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• Founding Fathers

• House of Burgesses