Review Week 8

How did mercantilism policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By requiring colonist to enlist in the military

• by introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

Why was Franklin Albany Plan of Union rejected?

• Franklin rise to power would make him king

• colonial governments did not wanted to relinquish powers

• The Albany Plan went against ideas of Bill of Rights

• Parliament felt that the Albany Plan of Union granted the colonies free trade with all nations

Source of conflict between 1754 and 1763

• appalachian mountains

• New Orleans

• Ohio River Valley

• San Francisco

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonist were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?

• for transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretend offences

• he has refused his assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

• for imposing taxes on us without our consent

• he has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people

Significance of pilgrim arrival in America

• it caused puritans to separate from the Church of England

• it led to an alliance between the British and the French

• It introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies

• It led an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies

342 chests of tea, into the sea, the owners aren't happy and people are congratulating each other on this happy event. The actions described in this excerpt were carried out in order to-

• end trade disagreements between colonist and French traders

• protest British taxation policies

• end trade disagreements between colonist and French Traders

• protest a ban on selling beverages in the colonies

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

British colonist objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• feared it would provoke attacks from american Indians

John Paul Jones is remembered as the Father of the American Navy

• he won several battles against the British during the American Revolution

• Served as the first Secretary of the Navy

• he led the navel

• he commanded the first steam-powered warships in the U.S. Navy

General Cornwallis surrenders at the Battle of Yorktown, what event occurred as a result

• France recognized American Independence and declared war against Great Britain

• Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris

• The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch to King George III

• The Second Continental agreed to the Articles of Confedaration