American Revolution Test

What does "debt" mean?

• A type of investment that generates income.
• A legal document for property ownership.
• Money owed

• A financial term for savings accounts.

What does "Boycott" mean?

• A refusal to engage with or support something as a form of protest.
• A legal agreement between parties.
• A method of financial investment.
• A type of social gathering.

What was the primary cause of the French & Indian War (1754-1763)?

• Disputes over land claims in North America

• Religious differences between France and England

• Trade disagreements in Europe

• Conflicts over fishing rights in the Atlantic

What happened to France after the French and Indian War?

• They lost their land in North America

• They gained more land
• They found gold 
• They took over the 13 colonies 

How did the end of the French and Indian War impact the relationship between the British and their colonies?

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• A law that declared Native Americans could have much of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• A law that allowed settlers to move freely to the land won from the French.

• A law that declared independence from Great Britain.

• A law that imposed new taxes on the colonists.

The map shows the results of the French and Indian War. The line on the map is the (a)   . King George created this line in order to avoid conflicts ​ (b)   west of the ​ (c)   ​ .

• Proclamation Line of 1763

• Native Americans

• Appalachian Mountains

• Declaration of Independence

• Spanish

• Mississippi River

Answer explanation

The correct choices are Proclamation Line of 1763, Native Americans, and Appalachian Mountains. King George created the Proclamation Line of 1763 to avoid conflicts with Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Why are English colonists in American angry with the Proclamation of 1763?

Explain the idea of "No taxation without representation."

Match the following

• An enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Took away some freedoms from the colonists & new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass & tea

• Townshend Acts

• The British closed Boston Harbor, made trials difficult, and allowed English to invade homes.

• Sugar Act

• Every piece of paper the colonists used was taxed by the British and had to have a stamp.

• Intolerable Acts