Florida History - A New Nation — Unit test

Question 1

After Parliament passed the Stamp Act, Samuel Adams

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led a revolt against the Stamp Act.

Question 2

Who sent troops to Lexington and Concord to capture stores of ammunition?

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General Gage

Question 3

What was the main reason the British levied taxes on the American colonies in the 1760s?

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to raise money for defending the colonists’ territory

Question 4

Which Indigenous groups were allied with the French as the French and Indian War began?

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the Algonquin and the Huron

Question 5

What did the colonists promise to do if King George III addressed their complaints in the Olive Branch Petition?

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lay down their weapons

Question 6

In response to the Stamp Act, Patrick Henry urged Virginia’s legislature to

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formally protest the act.

Question 7

Who wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 8

Which colonial group was established around 1770 in order to help colonists participate in boycotts against British goods?

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the Daughters of Liberty

Question 9

most likely

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loyalist.

Question 10

Although the Albany Plan of Union was abandoned, it caused the American colonists to

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begin thinking of the colonies as separate from Britain.

Florida History - A New Nation — Unit test Answers