Road to Revolution _ Check For Understanding

The following two countries claimed the Ohio Valley territory:

• A. France and Spain

• B. Spain and England

• C. France and England

Who assisted the French in their attempt to maintain control of the Ohio Valley?

• A. Native Americans

• B. The Spanish

• C. The English

When the French lost the French and Indian War, they surrendered all of their ___ in North America.

• horses

• land claims

• food

Ben Franklin created a segmented snake in his primary source, “Join or Die,” to encourage the colonies to ___ together against the French.

• unite

• fight

• separate

• compete

The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal announcement made by ___ that forbid colonists from ___.

• A. Lord Dunmore; settling west of the Atlantic Ocean

• B. King George III; settling east of the Appalachian Mountains

• C. King George III; settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

What were colonists so angry about?

• High taxes imposed by the British government

• Lack of representation in the British Parliament

• British military presence in the colonies

• All of the above

The Stamp Act was a tax on all ___ items.

True or False: Representatives from nine colonies met in the Stamp Act Congress to declare that the colonies should not be taxed without a record of what was said in Parliament.

• True

• False

The Committees of Correspondence were formed to ___.

• . Share information about the what the colonies were doing to resist the British

• Organize colonial protests

• Draft the Declaration of Independence

• Negotiate with Native American tribes

The first Committee of Correspondence was formed by ___.

• John Hancock

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams