Chapter 4: Imperial Wars & Colonial Protest Test - Amber Straka | Library

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Write 5-7 sentences using correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Describe the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain before and after the Seven Years’ War? What was the difference?

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Write 5-7 sentences using correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans (politically, economically, and culturally) by the eve of the Revolution? (Think about Chapters 2, 3, and 4 for this answer) Be sure to use specific examples.

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What act was put into place to save British pride after the repeal of the Stamp Act? The new act said that Parliament had the right to tax and makes laws for the colonies in all cases.

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What act did Lord Grenville enact which put a tax on most printed paper in the colonies, including legal documents and newspapers? The reaction from the colonists was violent with the formation of Daughters & Sons of Liberty.

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In March 1770, British guards fired into a crowd of colonists killing five, the event would be named the _____________________.

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What act in December 1775 placed an embargo on American goods? The British also seized colonists’ ships in an effort to destroy their economy.

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What act was put into law in June 1757 that had the colonists pay for protection as well as put a tax on revenue?

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What act from 1767-1770 prohibited the New York Assembly from conducting its meetings and affairs until they complied with the Quartering Act?

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On March 24, 1765, the British put into place the ______________ Act, which said the colonists must provide food and lodging to soldiers. The colonists felt having that large of a military presence was no unnecessary since the War was over.

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The ________________ was a conflict to determine control of the vast North American territory. It was a conflict involving the British, French, colonists, and Native Americans.

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In response to the Boston Tea Party and Intolerable acts, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Samuel Adams, along with many others would come together for the _________________ Congress. The Congress asked the king to stop taxing the colonies without representation in parliament.

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During the Boston Massacre, ________________ , African American/Native American, would be one of the first killed. In 1888 a monument to him was unveiled in the Boston Common. (Use first & last name)

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The ________ was the first formal proposal to unite the colonies.

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In leading up to the "Boston Massacre", why were British troops stationed in Boston?

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What land were the American colonists forbidden to settle on after the Proclamation Line of 1763?

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Who was the land west of the Proclamation Line reserved for?

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Why did the Proclamation Line anger the American colonists so much? **Select TWO answers.

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Who was the Indian chief that launched a 3-year war against the American colonists in the Ohio River Valley?

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Which of these statements best describes England’s first colony at Jamestown?

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The principal motivation shaping the earliest settlements in New England was…

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Compared with the Plymouth colony, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was…

“As touching the quality of this country, three things there bee, which in fewe yeares may bring this Colony to perfections; the English plough, Vineyards, & Cattle…

“All our riches for the present doe consiste in Tobacco, wherein one by his owne labour has in one yeare, raised to himself to the value of 200 thousand pound English. These be true, yet indeed rare examples, yet possible to be done by others. Our principal wealth (I should have said) consisteth in servants: but they are chargeable to be furnished with armes, apparel, & bedding, and for their transportation, and casual both at sea, & for their first year commonly at lande also: but if they escape, they prove very hardy, and sound able men.” 

(John Pory, Secretary of Virginia)

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Despite the success of tobacco in Virginia, the colony still faced problems and eventually became a…

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Which of the following groups made up most of the servants referred to in the passage?

“These at the heads of James and York rivers… grew impatient at that many slaughters of their neighbors and rose for own defense, who choosing Mr. Bacon for their leader, sent oftentimes to the Governor… beseeching a commission to go against the Indians at their own charge; which His Honor as often promised did not send. During these protractions and people often slain, most or all the officers civil and military… met and concerted together, the danger of going without a commission on the one part and the continual murders of their neighbors on the other part… this day lapsing and no commission come, they marched into the wilderness in quest of these Indians, after whom the Governor sent his proclamation denouncing all rebels who should not return, but Mr. Bacon, with fifty-seven men, proceeded… they fired and… slew 150 Indians."

(Samuel Kercheval, Virginia Author and Lawyer)

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Based on the information above, what is Mr. Kercheval’s point of view toward Bacon and his followers?

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Bacons Rebellion was initiated by a group of farmers who felt most directly threatened by…

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Probably the biggest unintentional consequence of Bacon’s Rebellion was that it…

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Which of the following best describes the Boston Tea Party of 1773?

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Name the series of laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonist for the Boston Tea Party.

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The 1764 Sugar Act stated "... it is just and necessary that a revenue should be raised ... for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same [colonies]." Which of the following is not true of the Sugar Act?

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What was one effect of the Treaty of Paris?

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What was the purpose of the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

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Who was Britain's King who issued the Proclamation of 1763?

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How did William Pitt change the, "Tide of War"?

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Olaudah Equiano is best known for writing about a ___________'s perspective of the Middle Passage.

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In spring 1754, Major _______________ led an expedition of 300 Virginians toward Fort Duquesne to force the French to abandon the site. They ambushed the French, and the battle ended with one Virginian and fourteen Frenchmen dead. (First/Last Name)