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WorksheetsUnit 4-Road to Rebellion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following helped start the French and Indian War?
French settlers tried to move into Philadelphia, which was owned by the British.
British settlers tried to move into the Ohio River Valley, which was claimed by the
French settlers threatened to seize Native American lands.
Native Americans attacked Boston.
Who were the two opponents fighting each other in the French and Indian
War?
France against Spain
France against the American Indians
Great Britain against France
Great Britain against the American colonists
Why did the colonial assemblies reject the Albany Plan?
They wanted the Iroquois to be involved with the Plan.
They feared that Benjamin Franklin wanted to rule the colonies.
The colonists believed that their disagreements with France would pass.
They wanted to control their own taxes and armies.
How did William Pitt turn the tide of the French and Indian War in favor of
Britain?
He founded the province of Quebec.
He decided to take loans to pay for the war and place capable generals in charge.
He won the Battle of Lake George.
He named Benjamin Franklin and other colonists as generals.
Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?
The British government gained territory but also had a large war debt.
The colonists were free to move west of the Appalachians.
The British government stayed out of colonial politics.
The colonists were given their independence.
The Proclamation of 1763 declared that…
Native Americans had to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains.
The French had to obtain British citizenship.
The French were moved beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
Colonial settlers had to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains.
What did the colonists resent most about the Stamp Act?
They did not believe in any form of taxation.
People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.
People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.
They had no representatives in Parliament to vote on the tax.
How did Parliament respond to the colonists’ protests against the Stamp Act?
They repealed the Stamp Act.
They arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act.
They increased the tax on paper.
They refused to sell stamps to the colonists.
The law which forced British soldiers to live in colonists' homes was called?
Quartering Act
Townshend Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
What was "the shot heard 'round the world'?"
The first shot fired at the Boston Tea Party
The shot that concluded the first meeting of the minutemen.
The first shot of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington.
The first organized meeting of the colonial militia.
Why did Britain try to increase the colonists’ taxes?
To exert control over the colonies.
To pay off debts from the French and Indian War.
To purchase Louisiana.
To pay for the cost of imports.
What was a goal of the First Continental Congress?
to declare war on Great Britain
To pay off debts from the French and Indian War.
to create taxes that would be acceptable to the Americans
to find a solution to the conflicts with Great Britain
The name Boston Massacre was given to the events of March 5, 1770, in order to...
warn of a deadly disease in the city.
create trouble for the colonists.
create anti-British sentiment.
describe the truth about what happened.
In which way did Great Britain increase its control of the colonies?
It took away colonists' land.
It forced colonists to work for the government.
It demanded that colonists join the army.
It required that colonists pay taxes.
Why did the British enact the Sugar Act of 1764 ?
Placing a tax on honey (key ingredient in tea)
Increasing the tax rate on sugar
Making the collection of the tax more effective
All of the above
How did many Colonial Americans feel about settling the Ohio River?
it was not going to produce many crops
settling it was to risky
it was bestowed upon the by God
it was their rightful spoils of war
During the Early War, French General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm captured British forts in which American Colony ____________.
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
Which British Commander ignored warnings from colonists about possibilities of a French ambush resulting in confusion and defeat.
William Pitt
Robert Dinwiddie
George Washington
Edward Braddock
True or False:
Virginia Gov. Robert Dinwiddie was successful when he sends George Washington with a letter asking the French to leave Fort Duquesne.
True
False
True or False:
The Quartering Act forced the colonists to house British
soldiers for free but did not require the colonist to feed them.
True
False
