Road to the Revolution

1. The following two countries claimed the Ohio River territory:

• France and Spain

• Spain and England

• France and England

Who assisted the French in their attempt to maintain control of the Ohio Valley

• Native Americans

• The Spanish

• The English

When the French lost the French and Indian War, they surrendered all of their _____________ in North America

• Paper

• Land

• People

Ben Franklin created a segmented snake in his primary source, "Join or Die," to encourage the colonists to _____________ together against the French

• Play

• eat

• join

The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal announcement made by King George III that forbid colonists from

• settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• settling west of the Atlantic Ocean

• coming back to England

The Sugar Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War. Colonists did not want to pay the extra money for the tax on sugar. However, they were more angry about a larger issue. What were colonists so angry about?

• the tea

• taxation without representation

• the french

The Stamp Act was a tax on all __________ items

• tea

• imported

• paper

The Committees of Correspondence were formed to

• have new friends

• complain about taxes

• share information about what the colonies were doing to resist the British

True or False: Representatives from nine colonies met in the Stamp Act Congress to declare that the colonies should not be taxed without a record of what was said in Parliament.

• true

• false

The first Committee of Correspondence was formed by

• John Hancock

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams