Unit 2 American Revolution Study Guide

What countries participated in the French and Indian War?

• Spain and Portugal
• France and the Native Americans

• Russia and Sweden
• France and Great Britain

What was the significance of the 1763 Treaty of Paris?

• It resulted in the unification of European countries
• It led to the independence of the American colonies
• It had no significant impact on global politics
• It marked the beginning of British dominance in America.

How did the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris lay the groundwork for the American Revolution?

• Improved relations between the American colonies and Britain
• Led to a stronger alliance between the American colonies and France
• Reduced tensions and conflicts between the American colonies and Britain
• Increased tensions between the American colonies and Britain

What was the significance of the Proclamation of 1763?

• It prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• It granted American colonists full independence from Britain.
• It allowed American colonists to establish their own government.
• It required American colonists to pay higher taxes to the British government.

What was the significance of the Stamp Act?

• It was widely celebrated as a symbol of unity among the American colonies
• It was a tax imposed on imported goods from Britain
• It had no impact on the relationship between the American colonies and Britain
• It imposed a direct tax on the American colonies for all paper goods, leading to widespread anger.

What was the significance of the Intolerable Acts?

• The Intolerable Acts were significant because they led to peaceful negotiations between the American colonies and Britain
• The Intolerable Acts the growing tensions between the American colonies and Britain.

• The Intolerable Acts strengthened the relationship between the American colonies and Britain
• The Intolerable Acts had no significance and were quickly forgotten

List two colonial groups that were created as a response to the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts.

• Daughters of Justice and Councils of Unity
• Fathers of Freedom and Alliances of Harmony
• Mothers of Liberty and Leagues of Cooperation
• Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty.

Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

• British loyalists who supported the monarchy
• French immigrants who settled in the American colonies
• Native American tribes who allied with the British
• Colonial American groups who protested British policies and taxation.

Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams

What was the significance of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense?

• It helped to inspire the American colonists to declare independence from Britain.
• It resulted in the expansion of British rule in the colonies
• It led to the signing of the Magna Carta
• It caused the American Revolution to fail