Ch. 4 Test

On March 5, 1770, violence broke out in Boston resulting in the death of 5 colonists known as the __________________________.

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party

• Proclamation of 1763

• Battle of Lexington

What secret organization worked in the colonies that worked to oppose the British Parliament and the Stamp Act?

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Sons of Liberty

• Custom Agent

• Loyalist

Which foreign leaders provided military assistance to the colonists in the American Revolution?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Joseph Brant

• Baron von Steuben

• Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Why did the colonists object to the Stamp Act?

• They believed that Parliament should run the colonies

• They thought it was an unfair burden on merchants

• They wanted to create their own currency

• They were against taxation without representation

What did the Proclamation of 1763 establish?

• Colonists could freely settle west of the Appalachians

• An imaginary line that colonists were not allowed to cross

• Freedom from British rule

• Taxation without representation

Meeting to decide how to deal with British Parliament

• repeal

• continental congress

• declaration of independence

• prime minister

What battle is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

• The Battle of Lexington

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

Who were the main groups involved in the French and Indian War?

• The British

• The French

• The Spanish

• The Native Americans

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War took place at ______________________, where Washington trapped the British forces.

• Yorktown
• Saratoga

• Concord

• Bunker Hill

What was the main reason the English colonists wanted the Ohio River Valley?

• For trade routes

• For farming

• For hunting

• For fur trading