Key Content Review: Road to Revolution

Question 1

The English philosopher John Locke wrote that

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all people have the natural right to life and liberty.

Question 2

Which of the following best states a similarity between Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry?

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Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry were leaders who aggressively spoke out against the British government.

Question 3

Which Indigenous group formed an alliance with the British as the French and Indian War began?

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the Iroquois Confederacy

Question 4

What effect did the Townshend Acts have on American colonies?

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They created new taxes on American colonists.

Question 5

According to the Treaty of Paris that ended the French and Indian War in 1763,

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The French gave Great Britain their empire in North America.

Question 6

Who gained control of the Ohio River Valley following the French and Indian War?

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Britain

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the events of the Boston Massacre?

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British soldiers attacked and killed five Boston townspeople.

Question 8

Which of the following actions did the First Continental Congress take in 1774?

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Delegates wrote an official protest against the Intolerable Acts.

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the events of Boston Tea Party in 1773?

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Colonists in disguise boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped a shipment of tea in the water.

Question 10

How did Mercy Otis Warren participate in colonial politics during the 1760s and 1770s?

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Warren hosted protest meetings in Boston.

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