WorksheetsThe Colonies Fight for their Rights
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
The First Skirmish between the British Colonies and the French was due to both wanting control over the ________________________?
The Townsend Acts
New France
Ohio River Valley
Lake Ontario
What was the name of the stockade or fort that officer George Washington built after retreating from French Forces in 1754?
Fort Duquesne
Fort Carillon
Fort William Henry
Fort Necessity
What was the name of the Fort that the French seized before the British could finish building it in western Pennsylvania?
Fort Duquesne
Fort Frontenac
Fort Necessity
Fort Carillon
In 1759, the British sized Quebec, the capital of New France, turning the tide in the Seven Years' War in favor of the British. What was the name of the person who led this British triumph?
Lietenant Colonel George Washington
General Edward Braddock
General James Wolfe
General William Bobbit
When the British defeated the French and Spanish in the Seven Years' War,
the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1761.
What did the Treaty of Paris include?
All French territory east of the Mississippi became part of the British Empire (Except New Orleans)
Spain gave Florida to the British
The French signed a separate treaty with Spain, giving them New Orleans and territory west of the Mississippi
All of the above
To avoid another war with the Indians, King George III issued the _______________ of ________ declaring colonists could not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Spain
Albany Plan of Union
Proclamation of 1763
How did the colonists feel about the Proclamation of 1763 which declared colonists could not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Happy
Indifferent
Angry
Safe from Indian Attacks
Who was George Greenville?
Prime Minister for England
First Lord of the British Treasury
Advocate for Vice-Admiral court in Nova Scotia
All the above
Who was John Hancock in 1768?
A Lawyer
A British Officer
A Merchant
A Farmer
What Act imposed on the American Colonists by the British raised tax rates on silk, wine, coffee, pimento, indigo, and molasses?
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The Navigation Act
The Currency Act
The Townshend Acts introduced new regulations and taxes on the colonists, one of the Townshend Acts included ________________.
The Sugar Act
The Revenue Act
The Stamp Act
The Currency Act
What was the name of the group that organized huge demonstrations to intimidate the stamp distributors during the time of the Stamp Act?
The Patriots
Daughters of Liberty
House of Burgesses
Sons of Liberty
Who was the trial lawyer that defended John Hancock in the vice-admiralty court in Nova Scotia?
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
John Adams
