History Quiz

What region did Native Americans, French trappers, and English settlers fight over, leading to the French and Indian War?

• Ohio River Valley

• Great Plains

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

Define militia.

• A regular army

• A group of citizens trained to defend their country

• A group of professional soldiers

• A naval fleet

The belief that disagreements should be settled peacefully without war is known as:

• Pacifism

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

Name the British national legislature that makes the laws and discusses issues of the country.

• House of Commons

• House of Lords

• Parliament

• Senate

Name the law that required the thirteen colonies to help pay for stationing British troops in their colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

What document was issued by King George III after the French and Indian War that marked land west of the Appalachians as solely for the American Indians?

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

Name the secret organization that the colonies set up to oppose the British tax.

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of the American Revolution

• Freemasons

• Continental Congress

Who were the people who opposed the British government?

• The Loyalists

• The Patriots

• The Monarchy

• The Parliament

Name the group of colonists that represented the thirteen colonies who met to discuss how they should deal with the British.

• Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Boston Tea Party

• Minutemen

The colonists that fought for more freedom from King George III during the Revolutionary War were known as:

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Redcoats

• Tories