BJU 5 Heritage studies quiz

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

• Mississippi River

• Great Plains

• Ohio River Valley

• Rocky Mountains

What is a militia?

• A professional army

• A group of citizens trained to defend their country

• A group of paid soldiers

• A colony's governing council

What is the belief that disagreements should be settled peacefully without war?

• Democracy

• Federalism

• Pacifism

• Diplomacy

What is the British national legislature that makes laws and discusses national issues?

• Congress

• Parliament

• Senate

• Assembly

What law required the thirteen colonies to help pay for stationing British troops in their colonies?

• quartering acts

• intolerable acts

• stamp act

• navigation act

What document issued by King George III after the French and Indian War marked land west of the Appalachian Mountains as reserved for Native Americans?

• Treaty of Paris

• Proclamation of 1763

• Magna Carta

• Northwest Ordinance

What was the secret organization that opposed British taxation in the colonies?

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of the Revolution

• Federalists

Who were the people that opposed the British government?

• Loyalists

• Minutemen

• Patriots

• Redcoats

What was the group of colonists that represented the thirteen colonies to discuss dealing with the British?

• Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• First Parliament

Who were the colonists that fought for more freedom from King George III during the Revolutionary War?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Federalists

• Rebels