VA & US History Unit 2 test review
England's main rival in North America was what country? - ANSFrance
Who fought in the French and Indian War? - ANSFrench and British
Who won the French and Indian War? - ANSBritish
How did the French and Indians war affect france's North American territories? - ANSFrance
had to move their territories out of NA
Following the French and Indian war, England took several actions against the American
colonies that led to what? - ANSThe American revolution
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do? - ANSIt forbade American colonists to settle west of the
Appalachians
To help pay the costs of the F&I War, on what 3 items did the British place new taxes? -
ANSLegal documents, tea, sugar
What was the Stamp Act? - ANSA tax on legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing
cards, and dice
What was the Boston Massacre? - ANSBritish troops fired on an angry crowd of Boston
colonists, killing five and wounding six
What was the Boston Tea Party? - ANSa protest in which colonists dumped tea in the Boston
Harbor
What marked the first time nearly all 13 colonies acted together? What colony was missing? -
ANS1st continental congress; Georgia
Who were the minutemen? - ANSPatriot militia ready to fight on a minute's notice
The revolutionary war began when brief skirmishes were fought at what two Massachusetts
towns? - ANSConcord and Lexington
Who was Thomas Paine? - ANSan Englishmen who wrote "Common Sense" explaining why
America should be independent from England
What was Common Sense? - ANSA pamphlet that argued for independence from Britain and
creation of a new democratic government.
England's main rival in North America was what country? - ANSFrance
Who fought in the French and Indian War? - ANSFrench and British
Who won the French and Indian War? - ANSBritish
How did the French and Indians war affect france's North American territories? - ANSFrance
had to move their territories out of NA
Following the French and Indian war, England took several actions against the American
colonies that led to what? - ANSThe American revolution
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do? - ANSIt forbade American colonists to settle west of the
Appalachians
To help pay the costs of the F&I War, on what 3 items did the British place new taxes? -
ANSLegal documents, tea, sugar
What was the Stamp Act? - ANSA tax on legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing
cards, and dice
What was the Boston Massacre? - ANSBritish troops fired on an angry crowd of Boston
colonists, killing five and wounding six
What was the Boston Tea Party? - ANSa protest in which colonists dumped tea in the Boston
Harbor
What marked the first time nearly all 13 colonies acted together? What colony was missing? -
ANS1st continental congress; Georgia
Who were the minutemen? - ANSPatriot militia ready to fight on a minute's notice
The revolutionary war began when brief skirmishes were fought at what two Massachusetts
towns? - ANSConcord and Lexington
Who was Thomas Paine? - ANSan Englishmen who wrote "Common Sense" explaining why
America should be independent from England
What was Common Sense? - ANSA pamphlet that argued for independence from Britain and
creation of a new democratic government.
