Unit 7 Mid-Unit Quiz

The French and Indian War was fought between the:

• Spanish, French, Germans

• Native Americans and French

• British and French

• Canadian French, Native Americans

By defeating the ______ in the French and Indian War, the _____ became the most important power in North America.

• Spanish; French

• Native Americans; French

• British; Native Americans

• French; British

As a result of the French and Indian War, the British:

• Invited members of the colonies to serve as representatives in Parliament

• Imposed new taxes, including several that would be paid by the colonists

• Asked members of the House of Burgesses to raise money for Britain's debts

• sailed back to England and left the colonists alone to govern themselves

The British government created the Stamp Act to:

• force colonists to help pay for Britain's war debts

• protect the colonists from French taxes

• ensure that all British goods were stamped with the king's seal

• issue stamps for packages between the colonies and Great Britain

The Sons of Liberty and many others felt that British taxes were unfair because of the colonists:

• had no ties to Great Britain and felt they owed them nothing

• had their own bills to pay following the war

• had no say in how to raise money to pay Britain's debts

• wanted complete independence from Britain

When the news of the Boston Tea Party reached Great Britain:

• noblemen made plans to sail to America for another splendid party

• the British Parliament repealed the tax on tea

• the British Parliament approved the new set of laws to punish the people of Boston

• King George III was forced to resign as king of England

The colonists referred collectively to the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act as the _____ Acts because they _____.

• Freedom; gave more freedom to the colonists

• Peace; established peace between the colonists and Great Britain

• Intolerable; were too painful and hard to accept

• Massachusetts; applied only to the state of Massachusetts

In response to these acts, representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies formed the First Continental Congress to:

• celebrate improved relationships between Great Britain and the colonists

• draft a list of complaints and grievances against the British government

• draft a letter to the king, asking him to enforce the same laws in all the colonies

• wage war against Great Britain

Which is NOT TRUE about the Declaration of Independence?

• It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
• It was reviewed by Ben Franklin and John Adams

• It listed reasons the colonists' desire to break away from France

• It was adopted on July 4, 1776.

Reorder the following in which they happened:

• The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts

• Paul Revere rode west from Boston, warning colonists that the British were coming

• The British defeated colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill

• Thomas Jefferson drafted a declaration of independence, stating reasons for breaking away from Great Britain