Title: 1. Where did the French settle in America?
1Rebellion and Revolutionary Unit 2
1. Where did the French settle in America? 2. Why
did the French seem to have a better relationship
with Native Americans than the English? 3. War
began in 1754 between what two nations? 4. What
was the name of this war? 5. What was the Albany
Plan of Union and who proposed it? 6. Which
nation won the war? 7. What was the result of the
war for the losing nation? 8. What was the
Proclamation of 1763? 9. Why was it decreed by
the British King? 10. How did the colonists react
to the Proclamation of 1763? 11. To pay for the
large British Army in America, the British
government began to do what? 12. How did local
merchants react to this new policy by the
British? 13. What are writs of assistance? 14.
What major complaint did people like James Otis
have with the new policy? 15. What was the Stamp
Act? 16. What did the Quartering Act do? 17. This
was a Boston based group who began to protest and
revolt against British policies? 18. Name the
vocal leaders of this Boston group? 19. What was
the Townshend Acts? 20. What was the Boston
Massacre? 21. What was the Boston Tea party and
why did it occur? 22. After the Tea Party what
new law did the British pass? 23. Why did the
colonists in Boston have such a strong reaction
to this law? 24. What were Committees of
Correspondence? 25. Some colonists began to ready
themselves to fight. What were these local groups
called? 26. Representatives from the different
colonies met in 1774. What was this meeting
called?
27. What happened in Lexington and Concord in the
spring of 1775? 28. Why were the British so
concerned about events in Lexington and
Concord? 29. Colonial Leaders met again in what
meeting beginning in 1775? 30. What job was
George Washington given by the colonial
representatives? 31. This was a famous battle
near Boston involving colonists and the British.
Colonists lost the battle but proved their
willingness to fight? 32. This was a letter sent
to King George asking to solve our differences
and avoid war? 33. How did King George respond to
the colonial letter? 34. This was the name given
to someone who thought the colonies should be
independent? 35, This was a name given to those
people who thought we should remain a part of
Britain? 36. This was an article written by
Thomas Paine to urge people to support
independence for the colonies? 37. This is the
formal date of our Declaration of
Independence? 38. This is the person mostly
responsible for its writing? 39. Name two major
concepts about mankind included in the
Declaration? 40. What was the actual majority of
the Declaration about? 41. Which side had the
advantage early in the war? 42. The turning point
battle of the Revolutionary War was what
battle? 43. What made this battle the turning
point? 44. What was Valley Forge? 45. Where and
when did the war come to an end? 46. Name the
Treaty that official separated the colonies from
Britain?