ROAD TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
TEST
1.
What was the group that symbolized the first time the colonies united against the mother country?
a)
Regulators
b)
Lords Proprietors
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
First Continental Congress
2.
Who was the British monarch leading up to the American Revolution?
a)
Anthony Ashley Cooper
b)
George Washington
c)
Charles II
d)
George III
3.
Goods brought into a country for sale
a)
Exports
b)
Cash Crops
c)
Imports
d)
Tariffs
4.
Why did Parliament choose to raise taxes on the American colonies beginning in 1763?
a)
To build a new home for the Royal Governor
b)
To buy a surplus of rice and indigo
c)
To help pay the French and Indian War Debt
d)
To increase subsidies to Indigo plantation owners
5.
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
A response to the Boston Tea Party
b)
To put a duty on lead, paint, and tea
c)
Prevent smuggling of French goods
d)
To allow colonists to move into the Cherokee Territory
6.
The colonist were upset with the British after the French and Indian War for all of the following
EXCEPT...
a)
The British gave up their policy of salutary neglect.
b)
The British started to enforce their mercantilist policies.
c)
The British became allies with the Cherokee against them.
d)
The British taxed them without giving them a voice in Parliament.
7.
Which of the following statements best summarizes the impact of the French and Indian War on South
Carolina? (8-2.1)
a)
South Carolina experienced a significant decline in population.
b)
The French and Indian War contributed to the Cherokee War.
c)
French settlers migrated out of South Carolina and back to their homeland.
d)
The Native Americans regained territory that was lost to the English settlers.
