Unit 2 Form Assessment Live (Through American Revolution) Update

North American conflict that was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and ended with the defeat of France and Great Britain in debt.

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

• Lexington and Concord

• Townshend Act

How would Britain pay off its debt from the French and Indian War?

• withdrawing support from the colonies

• reducing services to the colonies

• passing new tax laws

• requiring the colonists to buy only American goods

What was the impact of the Proclamation of 1763?

• It provoked American Indians to attack colonists

• It forced colonists to share the control of fur trade with France

• It limited the westward expansion of the colonists to protect them from Indian attacks

• It stopped colonial free trade with foreign nations

A 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America by acquiring colonist to use special stamped paper for certain documents.

• Intolerable Act

• Townshend Act

• Navigation Act

• Stamp Act

Using the cartoon of the Stamp Act response, answer the following question.

Which colonial opinion is the cartoon most likely meant to reflect?

• Support for increased British control
• Desire for stronger colonial unity
• Approval of British taxation policies
• Opposition to taxation without representation

A series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party.

• Stamp Act

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

• Navigation Acts

A radical political organization of men that formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. Wanted colonial independence from England. Organized boycotts and protest & were famous for hosting the Boston Tea Party.

• Sons of Liberty

• Men of Liberty

• Committee of Correspondence

• Committee of Five

A group set up by American colonists to exchange information about British threats to their liberties.

• Committee of Five

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Committees of Correspondence

• Stamp Act

A pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that provided logical reasons for the separation of the colonies from Great Britain including placing all blame on the king and the absurdity of being ruled by a tiny island nation.

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

• Boston Tea Party

• Common Sense

The site in Pennsylvania where the Continental army spent the winter of 1777-1778 under extremely harsh conditions and trained for battle.

• Trenton

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown