US History Midterm Review

When and where did the French and Indian War begin?

• The war started in 1776 in New England

• The war started in 1754 in New England

• The War started in 1754 in the Ohio River Valley

• The war started in 1776 in the Ohio River Valley

During the French and Indian War the British and the French were fighting over control of which area?

• Mississippi River Valley

• Connecticut River Valley

• Pennsylvania River Valley

• Ohio River Valley

Who won the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Native Americans

This created a temporary boarder at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting movement west for the colonists..

• Treaty of Paris

• Colonial Boarder 1763

• Proclamation of 1763

• Northwest Ordinance

Why were colonist not happy with the Proclamation of 1763?

• They didn't want the Natives to have the land in the West.

• They don't like being told what to do.

• They would lose trade in the West.

• They had just fought a war to win land that they now couldn't move to.

For the well Governing of this Province and Territories there shall be an Assembly yearly Chosen by the Freemen thereof to Consist of four persons out of each County… - William Penn, Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701 8.

Which feature of colonial self-government does this charter establish?

• Direct Democracy

• Separate on Powers

• An Elected Legislature

• Checks and Balances

New England's economy was based on:

• Ship building, fishing and lumbering

• Art and music

• Plantations and slavery

• Farming grains, wheat, and corn.

Independence (in this context) means:

• to formally discuss an issue
• freedom from control by another government or country
• a course of action taken by a government
• rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Roger Sherman

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?

• July 4,1776

• August 2, 1775

• April 18, 1776

• July 2, 1776