Chapter 4

Question 1

What are the three rivers that make up the Ohio River Valley?

Answer 1

Allegheny, Monongahela, and the Ohio

Question 2

Who are the Cajuns

Answer 2

Franco-Americans that migrated from Nova Scotia

Question 3

When was the French and Indian War?

Answer 3

1754-1763

Question 4

What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?

Answer 4

A boundary in the Appalachian mountains that colonists could not settle past.

Question 5

When was the Stamp Act?

Answer 5

1765

Question 6

What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 6

A stamp tax on newspapers on most printed documents.

Question 7

When were the Townshend Acts?

Answer 7

1767-68

Question 8

What were the Townshend Acts?

Answer 8

New York Restraining Act (1767): NY assembly not allowed to pass laws until they agreed to comply with Quartering Act 1765
Revenue Act (1767): taxes on glass, lead, painters' colors, paper, sugar, molasses, and tea
Indemnity Act (1767): reduced taxes on BEIC because of  competition with Dutch tea smugglers
Commissioners of Customs Act (1767): establishes new Customs Board in Boston
Vice-Admiralty Court Act (1768): smuggling court cases made by admiralty courts, not jury

Question 9

What percent of colonists want to separate from Great Britain?

Answer 9

8%

Question 10

What was the Sugar Act?

Answer 10

The sugar was a tax on sugar and molasses coming from the West Indies. It was enacted in 1764.

Question 11

When was the Boston Massacre?

Answer 11

1770

Question 12

What caused the Boston Massacre?

Answer 12

low number of jobs