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Chapter 7 Review!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When soldiers killed five people during a fight in Boston, angry colonists called it a __________. 

a)

Protest

b)

Massacre

c)

Ally

d)

Militia

2.

Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty organized a ______ against the Stamp Act. 

a)

Protest

b)

Massacre

c)

Ally

d)

Militia

3.

In the French and Indian War, France relied on American Indians as an important _________. 

a)

Massacre

b)

Protest

c)

Ally

d)

Militia

4.

In 1775, many colonists joined a _____ to help the colonies prepare for war. 

a)

Massacre

b)

Protest

c)

Ally

d)

Militia

5.

A colonist who opposed British rule was a ________. 

a)

Minutemen

b)

Commander

c)

Petition

d)

Patriot

6.

The officer in charge of an army was known as the ________. 

a)

Minutemen

b)

Commander

c)

Petition

d)

Patriot

7.

A militia with special training were called the _________. 

a)

Minutemen

b)

Commander

c)

Petition

d)

Patriot

8.

A written request from a number of people is a _________. 

a)

Minutemen

b)

Commander

c)

Petition

d)

Patriot

9.

The French and Indian War helped create tension between Britain and the colonists because Britain wanted the colonists to help pay for the war.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on paper items like newspapers and playing cards.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Boston Tea Party happened because colonists loved British tea and wanted more of it.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The Intolerable Acts were strict laws passed by Britain to help Boston for the Boston Tea Party.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Boston Massacre began as an argument between colonists and British soldiers.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Many colonists felt the taxes were fair because they had no representation in the British government.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Why did the British start the French and Indian war? 

a)

They wanted to unite the American Indians.

b)

They wanted to drive the French from the Ohio River Valley.

c)

They wanted to stop the French from taking over their colonies.

d)

They wanted to make American Indians end the fur trade.

16.

Why did the British Parliament need to tax the colonists? 

a)

The British owed money to the American Indians.

b)

The French and Indian War had cost them a lot of money.

c)

The British owed money to the French.

d)

The British owed money to the Spanish

17.

Why did Parliament create the Townshend Acts? 

a)

To raise money for the Sons of Liberty

b)

To raise money for the Patriots

c)

To raise money for the Continental Congress

d)

To pay for services in the colonies

18.

How did the colonists work together to oppose British actions?

a)

They created the Committees of Correspondence.

b)

They met with British officials to discuss the taxes.

c)

They met with the American Indians to oppose the taxes.

d)

They met with the King of England.

19.

Why were the colonists upset about the new taxes? 

a)

The merchants wanted to tax their own goods.

b)

The colonists were not members of the East India Company.

c)

The colonists believed only their representatives could tax them.

d)

The tax money went to the French.

20.

Which one is correct about the effect of the French and Indian war? 

a)

The French gained more land from the Proclamation of 1763.

b)

The colonists could only move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

c)

Britain gained a large amount of land.

d)

American Indians continued to live east of the Appalachian Mountains.