Unit 2 Common Assessment

1. Which of these groups gained territory in North America as a result of the French and Indian War?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• American Indians

2. What did the colonists resent most about the Stamp Act?

• They did not believe in any form of taxation.
• They had no representatives to vote on the tax.
• People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.
• People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.

3. How did Parliament respond to the colonists’ protests against the Stamp Act?

• They repealed the Stamp Act.
• They increased the tax on paper.
• They refused to sell stamps to the colonists.
• They arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act.

4. Which of these belongs in place of the question mark in the diagram below?

• Proclamation of 1763
• French and Indian War
• boycott of British goods
• expansion of the British Empire

5. Which of these belongs in place of the question mark in the diagram below?

• the Stamp Act
• the Intolerable Acts
• the Boston Massacre
• the Proclamation of 1763

6. In which way did Great Britain increase its control of the colonies?

• It took away colonists' land.
• It required that colonists pay taxes.
• It demanded that colonists join the army.
• It forced colonists to work for the government.

7. Which of these did the colonists consider an act of tyranny?

• the Boston Tea Party
• the Proclamation of 1763
• the French and Indian War
• the First Continental Congress

8. The Continental army was composed of...

• troops from all the colonies.
• troops from throughout Great Britain.
• only troops from the New England colonies.
• only troops from Virginia and Massachusetts.

9. Which of these describes the mood of most colonies immediately following the events at Lexington and Concord?

• They were reluctant to start a war.
• They were eager to declare war against the British.
• They sided with the Loyalists against the Patriots.
• They wanted to move to Great Britain.

10. Which of these best describes the outcome of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

• The British won decisively.
• The militia won by a narrow margin.
• The militia surrendered to the British.
• The British won but suffered many losses.