VUS Unit 02 Practice Quiz

What was the main outcome of the French and Indian War?

• The French gained territory in eastern Canada

• The British had to retreat losing ground to the French

• French troops celebrated victory over the English

• The French were driven out of Canada and western territories

One result of the French and Indian War was the increase of –

• French troops in the American colonies

• British war debt

• New French laws and regulations

• British neglect in colonial affairs

All are considered key ideas of the Enlightenment except –

• Separation of powers

• Natural rights

• A monarch governs

• Separation of church and state

What was the purpose of the pamphlet produced by Thomas Paine?

• Supported the century-old practice of dictatorial rule

• Challenged the rule of the colonies by the King of England

• Called for peace negotiations to take place

• Recommended that colonists obey the rules set by the King of England

What were colonists called that remained loyal to Britain because of cultural and economic ties to the British crown?

• Tories

• Patriots

• Neutrals

• Minutemen

The Revolutionary War began –

• when the Continental Congress met

• with a skirmish at Lexington and Concord

• when British troops fired into a Boston crowd

• as taxes increased in the colonies

Leading to the Revolution, some American colonists believed the use of writs of assistance and the Quartering Act –

• violated their civil liberties as Englishmen

• made employment hard to find

• opened colonial ports for trade with foreign nations

• were strongly supported by the Continental Congress

The Proclamation of 1763 –

• established martial law in Massachusetts

• shut down the Boston Harbor for trade

• taxed sugar and tea

• increased tensions by prohibiting settlement west

Who authored the draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Locke

Which directly led the Treaty of Alliance with France?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Boston Massacre

• Lexington and Concord