history section 1-2 test

Question 0

The treaty that ended the French and Indian war

Answer 0

Treaty of Paris 1763

Question 1

The Ottawa chief who attacked settlers west of the Appalachians

Answer 1

Pontiac

Question 2

The “shot heard around the world” was fired there

Answer 2

Concord–Lexington

Question 3

The president of the continental congress who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Answer 3

John Hancock

Question 4

This British General was made governor of Massachusetts by the King

Answer 4

Gage

Question 5

French and Indian war was called this in Europe

Answer 5

7 Years War

Question 6

The Coercive Act and the Quebec Act became known as these acts to the colonists

Answer 6

Intolerable Acts

Question 7

This name was given by colonists to the skirmish with British soldiers on Boston Common

Answer 7

Boston Massacre

Question 8

Patriot group that held the Boston Tea Party

Answer 8

Sons of Liberty

Question 9

He was made head of the continental army

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

The stockade fort built by Washington in the wilderness near Great Meadows

Answer 10

Fort Necessity

Question 11

The continental congress met in this city

Answer 11

Philadelphia

Question 12

Militia members were called

Answer 12

Minutemen

Question 13

These acts were meant to punish the colonists of Boston for dumping tea in the harbor

Answer 13

Coercive Acts

Question 14

The British prime minister who sent ships to blockade the St. Lawrence

Answer 14

Pitt

Question 15

This act placed the first direct tax on the colonists

Answer 15

Stamp Act of 1765

Question 16

The Battle of Quebec took place on these plains

Answer 16

Plains of Abraham

Question 17

The British and the French both wanted to control this valley

Answer 17

Ohio River Valley

Question 18

This act banned the use of paper money in the colonies

Answer 18

Currency Act of 1764

Question 19

Americans who backed Britain

Answer 19

Loyalists or Tories

Question 20

This act said the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mt.

Answer 20

Proclamation of 1763

Question 21

The leader of the sons of liberty

Answer 21

Sam Adams

Question 22

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Answer 22

Thomas Jefferson

Question 23

This petition was sent to King George by the second continental congress

Answer 23

Olive Branch Petition

Question 24

This pamphlet that was widely read by colonists and encouraged them toward revolution

Answer 24

Common Sense

Question 25

Colonial delegates met with Iroquois leaders at this conference

Answer 25

Albany Conference

Question 26

Committees created to communicate with other colonies about British activities

Answer 26

Committee of Correspondence

Question 27

These allowed custom agents to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling

Answer 27

Writs of Assistance

Question 28

Who was the first person killed at the Boston Massacre and what was going to become of the Revolutionary War

Answer 28

Crispus Attucks at the Boston Massacre

Question 29

Who was the first postmaster?

Answer 29

Benjamin Franklin

Question 30

What was the first newspaper?

Answer 30

The Boston Gazette

Question 31

List three parts of the Treaty of Paris 1763

Answer 31

1. French lost all territory in North America
2. Spain got NOLA
3. Britain got Florida

Question 32

List the four laws of the Coercive Acts

Answer 32

1. Shut down Boston’s port until the city paid for the tea they destroyed
2. All council members, judges, & sheriffs in Mass. are appointed by the gov. & they banned town meetings
3. Allowed the gov. to transfer trials of British soldiers & officials to England to protect them from American juries
4. Local officials provide lodging for British soldiers

Question 33

What are the four parts of the Constitution and what do they mean?

Answer 33

1. Preamble - explains why the Continental Congress drew up the Declaration
2. Natural Rights - ppl have certain basic rights & gov’t should protect those rights.
3. List of Grievances - lists the complaints against British gov’t
4. Resolution of Independence - declares that the colonists are “free & independent states” with the full power to make war, form alliances, & trade w/ other countries

Question 34

When the colonists refused to buy British goods until Parliament repealed the Stamp Act

Answer 34

Nonimportation Agreement

Question 35

Taxes on imports and exports

Answer 35

Custom duties

Question 36

Name two of the three men that warned the people that the British were coming

Answer 36

Paul Revere, Willian Dawes, (Samuel Prescott)

Question 37

The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on…

Answer 37

Breed’s Hill

Question 38

Many backcountry farmers regarded the king as their protector against the _______ and ________ who controlled the local governments

Answer 38

Planters; merchants

Question 39

The Second Continental Congress “adopted” the militia army and named it the _________________. The head was ________________.

Answer 39

Continental Army; George Washington

Question 40

King George issued the __________________ in which he stated that the colonies were now “open and avowed enemies”

Answer 40

Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion & Sedition

Question 41

Gov. Dunmore of Virginia proclaimed that _______________ would be freed if they fought for the Loyalists

Answer 41

Africans enslaved by rebels

Question 42

The defeat of the British troops at ______________ by the French and Native Americans inspired the _________ people of western Pennsylvania to attack British settlers in their territory

Answer 42

Fort Duquesne; Deleware

Question 43

____________ wanted to stop American merchants from smuggling goods in and out of America without paying ____________

Answer 43

George Grenville; custom duties

Question 44

The _________ changed the tax rates for raw sugar and molasses imported from foreign colonies

Answer 44

Sugar Act

Question 45

In May 1769, Virginia’s House of Burgesses passed the ___________, stating that only the House had the right to tax Virginians

Answer 45

Virginia Resolves

Question 46

How many ppl signed the Declaration of Independence

Answer 46

56

Question 47

Turning point in the French and Indian war in N.A.

Answer 47

The British victory at Quebec

Question 48

Forced the colonists to pay for their own defense

Answer 48

Quartering Act

Question 49

The __________ proposed that the colonies unite to form a federal gov’t

Answer 49

Albany Plan of Union

Question 50

Why did Spain give up Florida

Answer 50

To get Cuba and the Philippines back

Question 51

Founder of the Sons of Liberty

Answer 51

Issac Sears