Unit 4- Causes of the American Revolution

Which set of events is in the correct chronological order?

• Boston Tea Party-Declaration of Independence-French and Indian War

• Declaration of Independence-French and Indian War-Boston Tea Party

• Declaration of Independence-Boston Tea Party-French and Indian War

• French and Indian War-Boston Tea Party-Declaration of Independence

What was the result of the French and Indian War?

• Americans won their independence from the British

• Canada become a colony of Spain

• France lost its land in North America

• The Dutch gave up new Netherlands to England

The Intolerable Acts were examples of

• the colonists being good citizens

• the British government's control over the colonists

• the colonists writing letters to the king

• the government giving 'freedoms' to the colonists

The Proclamation of 1763 made the colonists __________.

• very happy because they were hoping the French would come back to North America.

• very happy because they wanted to stop fighting with the Indians.

• very unhappy because they wanted the Indians to have land for themselves

• very unhappy because they wanted to move onto the land they had just won in the war

Benjamin Franklin was a great patriot who lived in Philadelphia. He was important because he_____________.

• published what the Parliament was demanding from the colonists in his newspaper

• met with the first and second Continental Congress

• discovered electricity using his kite experiment

• all of the above

What was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to persuade England to end slavery in America

• to list the reasons the colonies should be free of England

• to convince the king to grant the colonists more land

• to provide a plan for financing the American Revolution

The early colonists formed a 'representative government' that protected their individual rights when they

• landed in Jamestown

• wrote the Declaration of Independence

• fought the French and Indian War

• formed the House of Burgesses and had town meetings

The colonists agreed to not purchase any British goods. What word best describes this action?

• tariff

• duty

• strike

• boycott

The colonists boycotted goods like sugar, tea, and paper goods. How did this affect the British merchants?

• helped the British to sell more goods

• the British merchants made less money (profit)

• allowed the colonists to start their own factories

• left the British troops short of supplies

The second Continental Congress___________

• unified the colonies and made them stronger

• created a Continental Army

• created the Declaration of Independence

• all of the above