Unit 2: Revolutionary Army

The 1763 Treaty of Paris concluded a conflict between which two colonial powers?

• England and Spain

• France and England

• Spain and Portugal

• Portugal and France

What was one cause of the French and Indian War?

• British attacks on French merchant ships

• British expansion into the Ohio River Valley

• American Indian attacks on French colonies

• a French naval blockade of the port of Savannah

What event accounts for the decrease in French territory illustrated by these maps?

• the American Revolution

• the French and Indian War

• the French Revolution

• the Napoleonic Wars

What was one effect of the Proclamation of 1763?

• What was one effect of the Proclamation of 1763?

• American colonists were forced to pay additional taxes on legal documents.

• England transferred control of the port of New Orleans to Spain.

• American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachians.

The Daughters of Liberty were focused on

• helping colonists boycott British goods.

• defending the colonies from the French.

• improving relations with American Indians.

• making weapons in preparation for revolution.

Why did American colonists resent British taxes?

• American colonists were unhappy that the high taxes were keeping the nobility in luxury.

• Unlike American colonists, people who lived in Great Britain did not have to pay any duties .

• Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.

• Great Britain did not offer the American colonists any protection from the French and the Indians.

Which of the following statements about the Intolerable Acts is correct?

• They were acts passed by British Parliament forcing colonists to give the government a portion of their salary.

• They were what the colonists called the laws passed by the House of Burgesses forcing them to pay a tax on most paper products.

• They were what the colonists called the strict laws passed by British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party.

• D

  They were the first acts passed by the House of Burgesses that forced the colonists to enlist in military service.

Why was Thomas Paine's Common Sense so influential in the colonies?

• He presented his arguments in language most colonists could understand.

• He was a well respected military leader with extensive political experience.

• He was a member of the British aristocracy who chose to live in the colonies.

• He resigned his seat in the House of Lords to protest British colonial policies.

What was the goal of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

• to convince colonists to remain loyal to Great Britain

• to persuade colonists to approve the US Constitution

• to convince the poor that a market economy would benefit them

• to persuade colonists to support revolution against Great Britain

During the Battle of _________________, Americans surprised Hessian troops guarding Trenton and took most of them prisoner.

• Bunker's Hill

• Trenton

• Saratoga

• Yorktown