Ch. 6 History Harcourt

What was one major cause of the French and Indian War?

• France & Britain both claimed the same lands in North America

• American colonists wanted indepence from Britain

• Native Americans did not like French people settling on western lands

• The British government passes new tax laws in the colonies.

What did the British government do to help pay the costs of the French and Indian War?

• It printed colonial currency

• It forced the colonists to trade only with Britain

• It passes new tax laws for the colonies

• It sold western lands to settlers

What does the word representation mean in the sentence above?

• a plan for spending money

• money that governments collect from citizens

• a voice in one's government

• a lawmaking body

How did many colonist protest the taxes placed on British goods?

• They left the colonies

• They fought with British soldiers

• They refused to buy British goods

• They refused to make British goods

How did Committees of Correspondence help the colonists fight British rule?

• They spread information quickly

• They housed British soldiers

• They voted to declare independence

• They stole British goods.

When did the British realize that fighting the colonists would not be easy?

• After the battles of Lexington and Concord

• after the Battle of Bunker Hill

• after the Boston Tea Party

• after the Congress approved the Declaration of Independence

What happened on July 4, 1776, that makes it such an important date in American History?

• The colonists won the American Revolution

• The 13 colonies formed their first united government

• Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence

• The colonists formed the first Committee of Correspondence

What was the first plan of government for the United States called?

• Albany Plan

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

What is one effect that the Articles of Confederation had on there new nation?

• congress was given the power to control trade

• Congress was able to collect taxes

• The power of the states was limited

• The States were held together as a nation during the Revolutionary War

Match each description to person.

• John Dickinson

• Was the head of the committee of the Articles of Confederation

• Thomas Jefferson

• Main Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Samuel Adams

• Organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and was thought by many people to have planned the Boston Tea Party

• George Washington

• Was the commander in Chief of the Continental Army

• Richard Henry Lee

• Called for the resolution in the Second Continental Congress for Independence from Britain