Multiple Choice
An army of volunteers who fight in emergencies is called a
general, troop, militia, rebellion
militia
Citizens who were ready to fight on a moment's notice were called
minutemen, silversmiths, burgesses, planters
minutemen
The members of the colonial assemblies were elected by
all colonists who owned land
white men and women
white men who owned property
Parliament and the king
white men who owned property
The turning point in the French and Indian War came when Britian invaded
Canada
Florida
Ohio
Louisiana
Canada
What kind of information is shown on a political map?
products
population
election results
boundaries and cities
boundaries and cities
A written request is signed by many people is called
petition, committee, protest, vote
petition
The governors of most colonies were chosen by the
landowners, merchants, army, king
king
After the French and Indian War, Great Britian claimed all French land east of the ________ River.
Ohio
Mississippi
Hudson
Potomac
Mississippi
judge trials
issue stamps
raise money
house troops
raise money
Concord is ______ of Lexington
north
south
east
west
west
The number of people living in a place is called its
goverment, population, colonists, assembly
population
In response to colonial protests against the Stamp Act, Parliament
repealed the act, closed Boston Harbor, arrested many colonial leaders, dissolved the colonial assemblies
repealed the act
The first colony to take action against the Stamp Act was
Delaware
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Virginia
Virginia
In response to the Intolerable Acts, colonial leaders formed the
House of Burgesses
Committee of Correspondence
Sons of Liberty
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress
What is the distance between Boston and Cambridge?
4 miles
8 miles
12 miles
16 miles
4 miles
The act of refusing to buy good is called a
repeal, tea party, proclamation, boycott
boycott
The Ohio River Valley was an area of land claimed by
Britian and Spain
Britain and Russia
France and Spain
France and Britian
France and Britian
The Townsend Acts of 1767 taxed
stamps on official documents
all land owned by colonists
goods brought into the colonies
members of colonial assemblies
goods brought into the colonies
The first battle between colonial and British forces occured at
Quebec
Lexington
Boston
Philidelphia
Lexington
Concord is located near the __________River?
Sudbury
Mystic
Charles
Saugus
Sudbury
elect member of Parliament, move west of the Applachians, build new forts on the frontier, send the troops back to England
move west of the Applachians
Why did the colonies grow so rapidly during the 1700's?
Life was much easier in the colonies tha in Great Britian.
Many captive Africans were brought, and many Europeans arrived.
The colonists became wealthy and learned to govern themselves.
Britain ordered the colonists to move west and build more towns.
Many captive Africans were brought, and many Europeans arrived.
A leader of the protest that resulted in the Boston Massacre was
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks
Why did the colonists object to being taxed by the British?
They had no representation in the British Parliament.
They refused to recognize the authority of the king.
They were poor and couldn not afford to pay any taxes.
They did not consider themselves British citizens.
They had no representation in the British Parliament.