Pre-Revolution Test Review

Enlightenment 1. Complete the table explaining the beliefs of the following individuals from the Enlightenment.

Individual What the believed about government? John Locke Role of the government is to protect people’s natural rights, which are life, liberty, and property

Charles de Believed government should be divided into 3 branches to make sure that Montesquieu government does not become too powerful

French and Indian War

1. What caused the French and Indian War? Territorial disputes between the French and the British over the ohio River Valley and its rich fur trading market

2. What 2 countries were fighting in the French and Indian War? Great Britain and France

3. What countries gained and lost land in the Treaty of Paris, 1763? Great Britain: Gain all the lands east of the Mississippi River France: Lost all their territory

4. Complete the chart below for British problems after the French and Indian War:

British Problem Owed a huge war debt Native American rebellions West of the Appalachian Mountains

British Policy British raise taxes for colonists Proclamation of 1763: colonists could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains to stop fighting with Native Americans Colonists Reaction/Feeling Angered, they did have a voice in Angered, they felt like the fought Parliament where the taxes were for that land and should be able created. to settle there

5. What outcome of the French and Indian war helped lead to the American Revolution? Great Britain placed the colonies under strict control and instated high taxes to pay off the war debt, which led to anger and resentment and eventually revolution

“ No Taxation Without Representation”

6. What does the phrase “No Taxation without Representation” mean? The colonists did not want to pay taxes to a government where they had no representative to voice their concerns and opinions.

7. Explain the following British policies and how the colonists felt/reacted to them: a. Proclamation of 1763 - forbade colonists to settle past the Appalachian Mountains angered colonists b. Sugar Act - First imposed tax on sugar and molasses, made some colonists angry, but it was a luxury tax and only really taxed the wealthy c. Stamp Act - Tax on paper goods, colonists formed the Stamp Act Congress to begin boycotting British goods d. Intolerable Acts - Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, closed the Boston Harbor, reinstated the quartering act, tried royal official in Great Britain, angered colonists and the 1st Continental Congress met to decide how to handle it e. Townshend Acts - Tax on tea, paper, glass and other household items, colonists boycott and act is eventually repealed f. Quartering Acts - Act forcing the colonists to house British soldiers in their homes, providing them with food, blankets and candle light, Colonists are angered but cannot protest

8. Put the following events in order: Boston Tea Party, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts Tea act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts

9. What was the Boston Massacre and why was it important to spreading anti-British feeling in the colonies? Event where redcoats fired on a crowd of unarmed colonists who were mobbing in the streets. Colonist used this event to spread anti-British propaganda

10. Why did the colonists hate the taxes so much? Because they did not get a say in their taxes, they did not have a representative in Parliament to help vote on and create the taxes

People of the Revolution 11. Fill out the chart below:

Person Importance in American Revolution John Paul Jones Naval Hero in the American Revolution

Samuel Adams leader of the Sons of Liberty

John Adams Attorney who represented the redcoats after the Boston Massacre

Crispus Attucks African American Bostonian who died at the Boston Massacre - first death in the Revolution