History Exam

Question 1

what was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the French and Indian War?

Answer 1

controll of the Ohio Valley where the Allegheny and Monogahela Rivers foin to form the Ohio River

Question 2

Vocab: Hiding behind trees and brush in order to ambush the enemy

Answer 2

Guerrilla Warfare

Question 3

wrote the Albany Plan of Union

Answer 3

Benjamin Franklin

Question 4

first attempt to unite the colonies by calling for the creation of a grand council consisting of representatives from all the colonies

Answer 4

Albany Plan of Union

Question 5

French Strengths (2)

Answer 5

Strong unified government; well trained army

Question 6

French Weaknesses (2)

Answer 6

difficult to defend vast territory; sparsely populated

Question 7

Britain Strengths (2)

Answer 7

support of the Iroquois; strongest navy in the world

Question 8

Britain Weaknesses (2)

Answer 8

lack of unity in colonies; lack of central organization

Question 9

What was the first major British action?

Answer 9

the attempt to capture Fort Dequesne

Question 10

Who won at Fort Dequesne

Answer 10

French and Indians

Question 11

Who died at Fort Dequesne

Answer 11

Edward Braddock

Question 12

Who changed the course of the war

Answer 12

William Pitt

Question 13

Pitt turned BLANK weak defensive tactics in America into BLANK action

Answer 13

Britain’s ; aggressive

Question 14

What was Fort Dequesne’s new name after the British took it/

Answer 14

Fort Pitt

Question 15

Under whose command did the British besiege Quebec?

Answer 15

James Wolfe

Question 16

Who ordered the French attack at the Battle of Quebec?

Answer 16

Marquis de Montcalm

Question 17

What was the French and Indian War called in England

Answer 17

7 years war

Question 18

BLANK surrendered all its claim to all territory east of the Mississippi River.

Answer 18

France

Question 19

The BLANK captured Montreal.

Answer 19

British

Question 20

BLANK gained control of Canada and received Florida from BLANK.

Answer 20

Britain ; Spain

Question 21

BLANK gave BLANK a large area west of the Mississippi Riv that was known as the Louisiana Territory

Answer 21

France ; Spain

Question 22

Benjamin Franklin, List at least 3 accomplishments

Answer 22

Invented Franklin stove, lightning rod, bifocals; Founding Father of USA; first post master general; electricity

Question 23

who opposed colonial expansion and formed alliances with other tribes (Ottawa Indian Chief)

Answer 23

Pontiac

Question 24

prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains in order to reduce conflict with the Indians; issued by George III

Answer 24

Proclamation of 1763

Question 25

What act stated that certain products could be shipped only to England or to other English colonies?

Answer 25

The Navigation and Trade Acts

Question 26

What were mercantilist policies passed by Britain between 1651 and 1733 to control colonial trade

Answer 26

The Navigation and Trade Acts

Question 27

general search warrants giving customs officials the right to search for smuggled goods anywhere

Answer 27

writs of assistance

Question 28

which act placed taxes on imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee

Answer 28

sugar act

Question 29

which act required colonial businessmen and sawyers to purchase special stamps and place them on items such as legal documents, newspapers, calendars, and playing cards

Answer 29

stamp act

Question 30

which law required colonies to house British troops in barracks, stables, taverns, and empty buildings and to provide some supplies

Answer 30

Quartering Act

Question 31

what became a rallying cry?

Answer 31

no taxation without representation

Question 32

taxes passed by Parliament on such items as glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea

Answer 32

townshend acts

Question 33

refusals to buy

Answer 33

boycotts

Question 34

how many people were killed at the Boston Massacre

Answer 34

5

Question 35

groups that provided written information in the form of letters about British threats to liberty

Answer 35

Committee of Correspondence

Question 36

what were the Intolerable Acts called in Britain

Answer 36

Coercive Acts

Question 37

what allowed French law to be used in some court cases in Quebec, extended Quebec's borders south to the Ohio River, and made Parliament recognized Roman Catholicism as the leading religion in Quebec

Answer 37

Quebec Act

Question 38

what were sessions that adopted a formal statement of protest (the Declaration of Rights and Grievances)

Answer 38

First Continental Congress

Question 39

Where did First Continental Congress meet

Answer 39

Philadelphia

Question 40

Who said Give me liberty or give me death

Answer 40

Patrick Henery

Question 41

who believed that citizens had the right to overthrow tyrants, or unjust leaders?

Answer 41

John Locke

Question 42

colonial militiamen who were ready to fight at a moment's notice

Answer 42

minutemen

Question 43

Why did the British march towards Lexington and Concord?

Answer 43

tho destroy weapons and to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hanncock

Question 44

number of people killed, wounded, captured, or missing

Answer 44

casualties

Question 45

Who suffered more than 300 casualties?

Answer 45

British

Question 46

Who suffered about 100 casualties

Answer 46

Colonists