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Chapter 4b Study Guide
Answer the following questions:
1. Which two countries controlled the majority of the land along the Atlantic coastline in
North America?
2. Who fought in the French and Indian War?
3. Which Native Americans groups fought with the French? British?
4. Name 3 reasons for the French and Indian War.
5. Who built Fort Duquesne? Fort Necessity?
6. Why were the Iroquois reluctant to ally with the British at first?
7. Using the political cartoon on p. 141…Who created the cartoon? What do the letters
next to the snake represent? What is the meaning/purpose of the cartoon?
8. Who drew up the Albany Plan of Union?
9. What was the error of General Braddock’s military tactics?
10. After which battle did France conclude that it could no longer defend the rest of its
North American territory?
11. List the results of the Treaty of Paris.
12. What was the Proclamation of 1763? Was it successful?
13. List the effects of the French and Indian War.
14. Why was Britain in debt?
15. Why did Parliament not repeal the tax on tea?
16. What happened at the Boston Massacre?
17. Why were the Committees of Correspondence formed?
18. Using the engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere on p. 148 …. How is this
an example of propaganda (information which can be false that is used to sway public
opinion)? Describe the difference between what is shown in the picture and what actually
happened.
19. What were the Sons of Liberty?
20. Describe the Boston Tea Party.
21. What were the demands of the First Continental Congress?
22. Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?
23. What was the first action taken by the Second Continental Congress?
24. Who was put in charge of the Continental Army?
25. Who were the Loyalists? Patriots?
26. Which side did enslaved Africans and Native Americans fight for?
27. What was the Olive Branch Petition? Was it successful?
28. What was the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms?
29. Why was the battle at Bunker Hill (actually Breed’s Hill) so important?
For the acts, know what was taxed and/or the purpose of the tax and the reaction of the
colonists
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Quebec Act
Who’s Who
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
General Edward Braddock
William Pitt
Pontiac
Patrick Henry
King George III
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Dr. Samuel Prescott
Ethan Allen
Define these terms as they relate to this chapter
alliance
cede
duty
quarter
boycott
petition
repeal
writs of assistance
monopoly
minutemen
blockade
mercenaries