Road to the American Revolution Test

What was the Seven Years' War also known as?

• The Great War

• The French and Indian War

• The Revolutionary War

• The British-French Conflict

What did the Albany Plan of Union, created in 1754, aim to establish?

• A new currency system

• An intercolonial government and system for tax collection and troop recruitment

• A trade agreement between the French and British

• A defense pact among the American colonies

What was the result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

• It granted independence to the American colonies

• It ended the Revolutionary War

• It ceded much of France's North American territory to Britain

• It established a new boundary between the French and British territories

What was Pontiac's uprising of 1763?

• A peaceful protest against British taxation

• A celebration of the end of the Seven Years' War

• An armed rebellion by Native American tribes against British encroachment

• A British military campaign against the French

What did the Proclamation of 1763 prohibit?

• Settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

• The practice of slavery in the American colonies

• Trade with the French territories

• The use of French language in the British colonies

What economic factor contributed to the competition between European powers?

• The discovery of gold in Virginia

• Stagnant tobacco prices leading Virginia plantation owners to seek expansion into the Ohio region

• The introduction of the cotton gin

• The blockade of American ports by the British Navy

Which two European nations claimed ownership of the lands in the Ohio River Valley, leading to the start of the Seven Years' War?

• Spain and France

• Britain and Spain

• France and Britain

• Britain and Germany

After the Seven Years' War, what did the British government issue to prohibit colonial movement west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Magna Carta

• The Royal Declaration of 1759

Which Native American tribe was Pontiac a leader of?

• The Iroquois

• The Hurons

• The Cherokee

• The Odawa

What was the main reason behind Pontiac's uprising against the British colonists?

• The British imposed heavy taxes on the Native Americans.

• The British expanded their military presence in the Great Lakes area.

• The British refused to trade with the Native Americans.

• The British forced the Native Americans to move to reservations.