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Guided Practice – Leading up to the American Revolution (1.03)
1. Give a short summary of the French and Indian War:
2. Why is the French and Indian War important in the context of the American Revolution?
3. Fill in the blank: The Colonists had no ____________________ in British Parliament, so they
had no voice OR choice in following the acts the British passed.
4. Fill in the chart with the missing information below:
Act
Proclamation
of 1763
Definition/Meaning
Colonists could not move west of the
Appalachian mountains
Writs of
Assistance
Colonists had no privacy
Act saying that colonists had to “house”
British soldiers in their homes
Stamp Act
Effect
Colonists were angry but did not want to
get in trouble
Act putting a tax on all paper
documents such as letters, newspapers,
and playing cards.
Townshend
Act
Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
Definition: _____________________
_____________________________
Intolerable
(Coercive) Act
British close Boston Harbor as a result
of the Boston Tea Party and put Boston
under military rule.
5. Which statement best describes why the early colonists came to America?
a. The colonists were fleeing hard times in Europe.
b. The colonists came for work and religious freedom
c. The colonists came for adventure
d. The colonists came to start a new life.
6. Generally, the region you lived in and what your livelihood was were factors that helped determine
what?
a. Your religious affiliation
b. The colonial city where you lived
c. Your everyday life in the colonies
d. How successful your business was
7. Which choice best explains the Writs of Assistance?
a. The Writs of Assistance were a tax.
b. The Writs of Assistance helped the colonists.
c. The Writs of Assistance said British Officials could search colonial homes
d. The Writs of Assistance said British officials could search colonial homes without warrant.
8. How did the French and Indian War most affect the Colonists?
a. The colonists sold goods to the armies and benefited.
b. The French lost the war so they had to pay the colonists.
c. The war left Britain with an army of 10,000 in the colonies.
d. The war left Britain with a huge debt.
9. What is most likely the meaning of the colonists’ demand for “No Taxation without
Representation?”
a. The colonists could not raise money to build roads.
b. The colonists were not represented in Parliament.
c. That the colonists couldn’t travel west of the Appalachian mountains.
d. The colonists were required to quarter British Soldiers.
10. Pamphlets, newspapers and speeches were important to the Revolution because?
a. They forced people to join the Revolution.
b. They spread ideas about freedom and equality around the colonies
c. They strengthened the British control over the colonies
d. They provided the only entertainment of the time