Unit Two TCAP Practice Quiz

How did the Proclamation of 1763 attempt to limit colonial expansion in North America?

• It ceded all British lands west of the Applachians to Spain.

• It banned the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians.

• It imposed a tax on colonists who settled west of the Appalachians.

• It forced Native Americans to relocate west of the Appalachians.

Why did the British Parliament believe it had the right to levy taxes on American colonists in the 1760s?

• Britain defended the colonists in the French and Indian War.

• People living in Britain paid higher import taxes than the colonists.

• Parliament provided colonists with representation.

• Colonists forfeited their rights by coming to America.

Use the diagram to answer the question.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• Britain returned Louisiana to France.

• Britain demanded new taxes from American colonists.

• Britain ended the slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Britain only allowed the colonies to make laws about trade.

Use the maps to answer the question that follow.

What accounts for the territorial changes that happened between 1754 and 1763?

• Great Britain defeated France in a war.

• France sold land to Spain and Great Britain.

• France gave up its colonies to deal with problems in Europe.

• Spain allied with Great Britain to conquer French colonial territory.

Why did American colonists support the British in the French and Indian War?

• The French established trading centers on lands claimed by the colonists.

• The French forced Indian communities off of their native lands.

• The French sought to bring about an end to the Atlantic slave trade.

• The French monopolized trade along the Mississippi River.

What was one result of the British victory in the French and Indian War?

• The French were forced to give up their major land holdings in North America.

• The British were able to purchase land west of the Mississippi River from the French.

• The Cherokee were punished and forced to move to lands west of the Mississippi River.

• The American colonies sought an alliance with Spain to achieve independence.

Use the information in the table to answer the question that follows.

The wars listed in the table occurred as the result of tensions between which groups of people?

• Catholic and Protestant colonists

• enslaved laborers and plantation owners

• European colonists and Native Americans

• French trappers and settlers from England

Use the excerpt to answer the question that follows.

What best describes the purpose for Chief Pontiac's speech?

• to convince members of other tribes to resist the British

• to negotiate a trade agreement with the French government

• to raise support for the colonists' struggle for independence

• to appeal to British courts to address Native American grievances

How did Benjamin Franklin's actions support American victory during the Revolutionary War?

• He recruited and trained the minutemen.

• He negotiated an alliance with France.

• He established peaceful ties with Britain.

• He served as a general in the Continental Army.

A group of local teenagers are boycotting Bolt, a clothing store, because it is rumored that they are committing labor abuses around the world. The teenagers are gathering all of the Bolt apparel and burning it in the town square and refusing to buy Bolt goods.

Of the following choices, which historical event is similar to the fictional situation just described?

• Shays' Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Boston Tea Party

• Trail of Tears