American History Unit 2

The Albany Plan of Union was drawn up by:

Benjamin Franklin

As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763, the French ceded: New Orleans to the English territory west of the Mississippi to the English Canada and the area east of the Mississippi to the English Louisiana to the English

Canada and the area east of the Mississippi to the English

allowed Parliament to pass any laws

Declaratory Law

The Navigation Acts were intended to strengthen the shaky economy of the colonies.

False

prevented manufacturing and competition

Hat Act

prohibited the building of iron mills and steel furnaces

Iron Act

What Indian tribe was allied with England? Iroquois Powhatan Chippewa Mohawk

Iroquois

Attempting to control colonial trade, England passed the _____, declaring that the colonies could only sell certain items, such as tobacco and sugar, to England.

Navigation Acts

The French and Indian War broke out over claims to the:

Ohio River valley

prohibited settlers from moving west

Proclamation Act of 1763

allowed troops to be stationed in colonial homes

Quartering Act

The Committees of Correspondence were organized by:

Samuel Adams

secret organizations opposed to the stamp tax

Sons of Liberty

The Navigation Acts began to be strictly enforced during the time of George III.

True

One of the deciding battles of the French and Indian War was the capture of Quebec by General:

Wolfe

The Intolerable Acts caused the formation of: political parties the Minutemen a continental army a continental navy

a continental army

The Boston Tea Party was:

a protest against the tea tax

used by the colonists because of a currency shortage

barter

To join together against and have nothing to do with a person, business, nation, employer, or anything else in order to coerce or punish is called a _____.

boycott

Passage of the Townshend Acts caused the colonists to: revolt urge Congress to veto the Act boycott English goods go on a hunger strike

boycott English goods

stated that only English ships could be used

first Navigation Act

The Stamp Act forced the colonists to pay a tax on:

paper

The Albany Plan of Union was proposed in order to: secure foreign allies for the colonies fight for independence strengthen the colonies against the French defy the English trade restrictions

strengthen the colonies against the French

The final colonial war between France and England was:

the French and Indian War

General Braddock's greatest weakness in the French and Indian War was his lack of: courage control over his men support by the British understanding of Indian fighting methods

understanding of Indian fighting methods

One result of the French and Indian War was that England: reduced colonial taxes wanted the colonies to help pay for the war gave the colonies their freedom erased all colonial dissatisfactions

wanted the colonies to help pay for the war

allowed the British to search colonists' homes

writs of assistance

allowed the British to search homes

writs of assistance

prevented competition with the West Indies

Molasses Act

result of the Stamp Act

Virginia Resolves

What theory stated that a country's power was measured by the amount of gold and silver it owned?

mercantilism

a chain of communication with other colonies

Committees of Correspondence