2.02 Effects of the French and Indian War

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Post French and Indian War Review

Answer the following questions.

1. He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston and a cousin of John Adams.
   1. George Washington
   2. George Grenville
   3. Samuel Adams
   4. Benjamin Franklin

   Answer: c. Samuel Adams

2. Native American chief who led an organized attack on British frontier settlements in an attempt to keep British colonists off Native American land.
   1. Chief Pontiac
   2. Chief Dodge
   3. Chief Buick
   4. Chief Chevrolet

   Answer: a. Chief Pontiac

3. Organized rebellion on British frontier settlements in 1763 that attempted to force British colonists off Native American land that was led by Chief Pontiac; ultimately the British were victorious.
   1. Pontiac's Rebellion
   2. French & Indian War
   3. 1763 Uprising
   4. Indian Dissent

   Answer: a. Pontiac's Rebellion

4. Issued by Great Britain as an attempt to keep colonists off newly acquired land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British hoped to keep colonists on east coast so that they would be easier to control and tax.
   1. Proclamation of 1763
   2. Quartering Act
   3. Sugar Act
   4. Stamp Act

   Answer: a. Proclamation of 1763

5. Tax imposed by the British government in 1764 that reduced the tax on sugar in an attempt to encourage colonial payment; British hoped to impose tighter control over colonies and trade with tax.
   1. Quartering Act
   2. Quartering Act
   3. Sugar Act
   4. Stamp Act

   Answer: c. Sugar Act

6. Act passed in 1765 that required colonial assemblies to house and supply British troops in America; part of British effort to gain tighter control over colonies.
   1. Sugar Act
   2. Proclamation of 1763
   3. Townshend Act
   4. Quartering Act

   Answer: d. Quartering Act

7. 1765 tax on printed materials such as legal documents and playing cards; purpose of tax was to raise money to support royal officials.
   1. Sugar Act
   2. Stamp Act
   3. Proclamation of 1763
   4. Quartering Act

   Answer: b. Stamp Act

8. Congress formed by American colonists, in 1765, in reaction to the passage of the Stamp Act; Congress pressured Parliament to repeal tax on the grounds of "no taxation without representation."
   1. Stamp Act Congress
   2. First Continental Congress
   3. First Congress of the United States
   4. Stamp Act Men

   Answer: a. Stamp Act Congress

9. Rebel group of American colonists formed to protest British policies that they viewed as unjust.
   1. Minutemen
   2. Rebels
   3. Sons of Liberty
   4. First Continental Congress

   Answer: c. Sons of Liberty

10. Tax imposed in 1767 on colonial imports such as glass, tea, and lead; purpose of tax was to support British troops in America and to pay for royal official salaries.
    1. Stamp Act
    2. Townshend Act
    3. Proclamation of 1763
    4. Quartering Act

    Answer: b. Townshend Act

11. British policy of not interfering with the American colonies as long as the colonies provided for British needs and enabled them to become wealthy; led to an independent minded group of colonies who became accustomed to governing themselves without British interference or taxes.
    1. Blind Eye
    2. Hands Off
    3. Salutary Neglect
    4. Ignore the problem

    Answer: c. Salutary Neglect

12. British government imposed new _______blank on the American colonies, and began enforcing old ones, to help reduce Great Britain's debt from the French and Indian War. This angered many colonists and contributed to the colonial break from Great Britain.
    1. Languages
    2. Taxes or duties
    3. styles of dress
    4. Customs

    Answer: b. Taxes or duties

13. Refusal to buy certain products or use certain services; used by colonists to oppose new taxes placed on them by the British.
    1. Boycott
    2. Economic
    3. Surplus
    4. Neglect

    Answer: a. Boycott

14. Passed to affirm Parliament's power to make laws that applied to the colonies; passed the same day the Stamp Act was repealed.
    1. Stamp Act
    2. Declaratory Act
    3. Townshend Act
    4. Quartering Act

    Answer: b. Declaratory Act

15. British prime minister who issued many new rules and taxes designed to raise more income from the colonies.
    1. Samuel Adams
    2. George Washington
    3. George Grenville
    4. Benjamin Franklin

    Answer: c. George Grenville

16. King of England after the French and Indian War who called for the Proclamation of 1763.
    1. King Edward III
    2. King Edward IV
    3. King George III
    4. King George II

    Answer: c. King George III

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