The Road to Independence - Mid-Unit Content Assessment

The French and Indian War was fought between the:

• Spanish, French, and Germans

• Native Americans and French

• British and French

• Canadian French, Native Americans

As a result of the French and Indian War, the British:

• invited members of the colonies to serve as representatives in Parliament

• imposed new taxes, including several that would have to be paid by the colonists

• asked members of the House of Burgesses to raise money for Britain’s debts

• sailed back to England and left the colonists alone to govern themselves

The British government created the Stamp Act to:

• A. force colonists to help pay Britain’s war debts

• B. protect the colonists from French taxes

• C. ensure that all British goods were stamped with the king’s seal

• D. issue stamps for packages between the colonies and Great Britain

The Sons of Liberty and many others felt that British taxes were unfair because the colonists:

• A. had no ties to Great Britain and felt they owed them nothing

• B. had their own bills to pay following the war

• C. had no say in how to raise money to pay Britain’s debts

• D. wanted complete independence from Britain

Discontent and a desire for independence grew in the colonies as a result of which of the following? Circle all that apply.

• Great Britain’s increased taxation on the colonies

• British show of military force in Boston

• Native Americans’ continued aggression

• Great Britain’s removal of colonial rights

When news of the Boston Tea Party reached Great Britain:

• noblemen made plans to sail to America for another splendid party

• the British Parliament repealed the tax on tea

• the British Parliament approved a new set of laws to punish the people of Boston

• King George III was forced to resign as king of England

The colonists referred collectively to the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act as the (a)   Acts because they (b)  

• Freedom
• Intolerable
• were too painful and hard to accept
• gave more freedom to the colonists
• Peace
• applied only to the state of Massachusetts

In response to these acts, representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies formed the First Continental Congress to:

• celebrate improved relationships between Great Britain and the colonies

• draft a list of complaints and grievances against the British government

• draft a letter to the king, asking him to enforce the same laws in all the colonies

• wage war against Great Britain

Number the following events in the order in which they happened, from 1–4.

• 1

• The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts.

• 2

• Paul Revere rode west from Boston, warning colonists that the British were planning to seize colonial weapons from Concord, Massachusetts.

• 4

• Thomas Jefferson drafted a declaration of independence, stating reasons for breaking away from Great Britain.

• 3

• The British defeated the colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Which of the following statements about the Declaration of Independence are true? Circle all that apply.

• A. Thomas Jefferson was its main author.

• B. It was reviewed by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams.

• C. It listed reasons for the colonists’ desire to break away from France.

• D. It remains a key document in American history.