6th Grade History        Name: _____________________________________ Score:
Teacher: Mr. Cap      Quiz Chapter 8   1st   1/2        French and Indian War

1.  Name the river in North America along which both France and Britain claimed lands. ___________________

2.  What name was given to the war France and Britain fought in the New World ? _______________________
Use your textbooks for 3 & 4  p 141

4.  Describe what happened @ the Boston Massacre. _____________________________________________

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5.  Describe what happened at the Boston Tea Party. ______________________________________________

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6.  What name was given to the meeting of colonists in Philadelphia? _________________________________

7.   New English king, George III,  wanted the colonists to pay for the ________________ War with heavy taxes.

8.  What does  "no taxation w/o representation" mean? _____________________________________________

9.  Which law Required colonists to purchase a stamp on legal documents? ______________________________

10.   How did Bostonians protest against the tax on tea? ____________________________________________

11.  Who also rode with Paul Revere to warn  that the "British are coming"? ______________________________

12.  Define  Minutemen . _____________________________________________________________________ 

13.  Which Battle became known as the Shot heard around the world? ___________________________________

14.  What is the "Shot heard around the world "? ____________________________________________________

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_____ 15.  Which of these was not part of the Treaty of Paris?  a. American receives all lands east of the
                    Mississippi River and Canada, b. America receives all lands east of the Mississippi River.

           
                                   Map A                                                                    Map B

______16.  Which of these two maps above depicts North America after the French and Indian War? A or B