Social StudiesChapter 8

Directions: Practice by reading the question, saying your answer, then

clicking on the next slide to check your answer with the correct one

Question

• What was one major cause of the French and Indian War?

Answer

• France and Britain both claimed the same lands in North America

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• What did the British government do to help pay the costs of the French and Indian War?

Answer

• It passed new tax laws for the colonies

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• What does representation mean?

Answer

• A voice in one’s government

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• How did many colonists protest the taxes placed on British goods?

Answer

• They refused to buy British goods

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• How did Committees of Correspondence help the colonists fight British rule?

Answer

• They spread information quickly

Question

• When did the British realize that fighting the colonists would not be easy?

Answer

• After the battle of Bunker Hill

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• Why were the battles at Lexington and Concord important?

Answer

• They marked the beginning of the American Revolution

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• What happened on July 4, 1776, that makes it such an important date in American history?

Answer

• Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence

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• What was the first plan of government for the United States called?

Answer

• The Articles of Confederation

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• What is one effect that the Articles of Confederation had on the new nation?

Answer

• The states were held together as a nation during the Revolutionary War

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• What was the Proclamation of 1763, and how did colonists react to it?

Answer

• It was a British announcement that set aside lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native Americans. Many colonists were angry about the proclamation, and many ignored it by continuing to settle on those lands.

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• Why did the First Continental Congress meet in 1774, and what did it do?

Answer

• It met to decide how to respond to British policies and actions, such as the Coercive Acts.

• It sent a petition to the king, stating the colonists’ rights.

• It agreed to stop most trade with Britain. • It asked the colonies to form militias.

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• What effects did the Battle of Bunker Hill have?

Answer

• It proved to the British that the colonists would not be easy to defeat in battle.

• It further angered British leaders. • King George III promised to use stronger

methods to crush the colonial rebellion.