Chapter 5 Test

What year did the French and Indian War begin?

• 1754

• 1763

• 1765

• 1750

Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?

• King George III

• The American Indians

• Benjamin Franklin

• The British Parliament

What was the main reason the colonists fought in the French and Indian War?

• They wanted to gain control of the Ohio Valley

• They were loyal to Great Britain

• They wanted to support the French

• They were forced by the British

What did the Treaty of Paris in 1763 signify the end of?

• The Stamp Act

• The Albany Plan of Union

• The French and Indian War

• The Sons of Liberty

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act of 1765?

• To organize the colonies' military forces

• To repay the British debt from the French and Indian War

• To expand the British territory westward

• To grant the colonies independence

Which group was formed in 1765 to protest against the Stamp Act?

• The Albany Congress

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The British Parliament

What action did the Stamp Act Congress take in 1765?

• They organized a boycott of British goods

• They demanded Parliament repeal the Stamp Act

• They acknowledged the king's right to tax the colonies

• They threatened stamp agents

What was the main reason the Daughters of Liberty spun their own cloth instead of buying British cloth?

• To create better quality cloth

• To support the Sons of Liberty

• Because British cloth was costing too much money

• To protest British control

What was the purpose of the Townshend Acts?

• To establish a new system of government in the colonies

• To lift the export tax on tea

• To impose a series of tariffs on imports like glass, tea, lead, paper

• To encourage colonists to buy British products

How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts?

• They accepted the new taxes without protest

• They boycotted all British products and harassed tax collectors

• They requested more British troops to maintain peace

• They sent a formal letter of appreciation to Britain