Pre Revolution Test Review Key

French and Indian War

1. What caused the French and Indian War?

2. What 2 countries were fighting in the French and Indian War?

3. Explain the Albany Plan.

Both England and France wanted control over the Ohio River Valley because of the profitable fur trade there

England and France

Ben Franklin’s plan to unite all 13 colonies under 1 representative government – plan failed because colonies were not willing to give up their individual power

French and Indian War

4. Explain the Treaty of Paris.

Treaty of

Paris, 1763

Ended the

French and

Indian War

France ceded

(gave) its territory to

Great Britain

(including Canada)

Spain ceded

Florida to Britain,

Britain for lands west

of Mississippi

River

French and Indian War

5. Complete the chart:British Problem

  Native American rebellions West of the Appalachian Mountains  

British Policy British raise taxes for colonists   

 

Colonists Reaction/Feeling

    

 

Giant War debt that needs to

be repaid

Colonists angry about

paying higher taxes

Proclamation of 1763: colonists could not settle

past Appalachians

Colonists angry they cannot go into land they

helped fight for

French and Indian War

6. What was the result of the French and Indian War?

Great Britain began to impose more rules and taxes on the

colonists, watching and governing them more

rigorously

No Taxation without Representation

7. Explain the following British policies:• Mercantilism

• Proclamation of 1763

Policy that stated a nations wealth was determined by how much gold was in its

treasury, and used colonies for raw materials to make more money.

Law, created after the French and Indian War, telling colonists they could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains because

of conflicts with Native Americans

No Taxation without Representation

7. Explain the following British policies:• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

First tax on sugar and molasses

Tax on paper products: License, playing cards, etc…

Coercive Acts: 1. Closed the port of Boston, 2. Created a new quartering act, 3. allowed for

royal officials to be tried in Britain, 4. Cancelled town hall meetings

Taxation Without Representation8. What does the phrase “No Taxation without Representation” mean?

Because the colonists did not have a representative in the British

Parliament, they should not have to pay those taxes.

People of the Revolution

9. Fill in the chart below.

Person Importance in American Revolution

Thomas Paine

Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” which urged the colonists to separate from Great Britain and become their own country. 

Ben Franklin  Came up with the Albany Plan 

Samuel Adams

 Leader of the Sons of Liberty and was at the 1st continental Congress 

People of the American Revfolution

10. What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist?

•Patriots: American colonists that wanted to fight for American Independence

•Loyalists: American colonists that stayed loyal to the crown (King of England)

Beginnings of Revolution

1. Put the following events in order: 1st Continental Congress, Intolerable (Coercive) Acts, Lexington/Concord, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party

Boston Massacr

e

Boston Tea

Party

Intolerable

(Coercive) Acts

1st Contine

ntal Congres

s

Lexington

/Concord

Beginnings of Revolution

2. Fill out the following cause and effect charts:

Tensions are high in

Boston, colonists hate the redcoats and their

laws

Boston Massacre: Redcoats

open fire on a crowd of unarmed colonists

Propaganda is spread

throughout the colonies

trying to persuade people to the Patriot

side

Beginnings of Revolution

2. Fill out the following cause and effect charts:

Tea Act

Boston Tea Party: Sons

of Liberty throw all of British Tea

into the Boston harbor

Great Britain

punishes colonists with the Coercive

(Intolerable) Acts

Beginnings of Revolution

2. Fill out the following cause and effect charts:

Intolerable Acts

1st Continent

al Congress:

Meet and decide to

create local militias

Lexington/ Concord