Revolutionary War Test

The French and Indian War was fought between the British and France. The war started as a dispute over -

• Land
• Money
• Religion
• Slavery

The Natives American sided with whom during the French and Indian War?

• The British
• The colonists
• The French
• Neither

What statement best describes French relations with American Indian tribes compared to the British?

• The French treated them worse by enslaving them and taking their lands.
• The French forced the Natives to convert to Christianity
• The French continuously fought against the Native Americans in bloody wars
• The French treated the Natives with respect and were peaceful

What was the effect of the French and Indian War being very costly?

• The British turned to slavery to make money
• The British passed new taxes on the colonists
• The British began to sell part of its American lands to other countries
• The French passed new taxes on the colonists

What was the MAIN reason the colonists were angry about these new taxes?

• Colonists hated paying taxes
• Colonists had no representation in the British government
• Colonists did not have the money to pay the new taxes
• Colonists hated Britain

England passed the Navigation Acts to:

• ensure the colonies remained economically loyal to England
• stop the importation of slaves from Africa to the colonies
• protest colonial support for the French in the French and Indian War
• collect taxes from the colonies

The policy practiced by England during the 17th & 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased was known as:

• Mercantilism
• Great Awakening
• Salutary Neglect
• Navigation Acts

Which of the following was NOT an idea that impacted the colonies?

• Mercantilism
• Enlightenment
• Great Awakening
• Socialism

Which of the following philosophers is associated with Enlightenment ideas used in colonies?

• Jonathan Edwards
• William Penn
• Thomas Paine
• John Locke

Which of the following acts limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?

• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Act
• Declaration of Boundaries
• Proclamation of 1763