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    7th Grade

    Learning Objective Questions

    3rd QUARTER

     

    1. Who fought in the French and Indian War? When was the war fought?  (Topic 2.4)

    2. What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?(2.4)

    3. What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?(2.4)

    4. Even though they were victorious, what were the negative consequences of the war for the British?(3.5)

    5. How did the British government hope to pay for the costs of the war as well as the continued defense of the American colonies?(3.5)(5.3)

    6. Why were the American colonists so upset about the British taxes? (3.5)(5.3)

    7. How did the American colonists show they were not happy with the British taxes? (3.5)(5.3)

    8. How did the British government respond to colonial defiance of British policies and unrest in their American colonies?(3.5)(5.3)

    9. How did Britain respond to the destruction of tea in Boston Harbor?(3.5)(5.4)  

    10. Why were the Coercive Acts passed by Parliament early in 1774 so "Intolerable" to the American colonists? How did the colonies respond?(5.4)

    11. When and where did the American Revolution begin?(3.5)(5.4)

    12. What decisions were made by the Second Continental Congress in May of 1775?(3.5)(5.4)

    13. When and where did the American colonies declare their independence from Great Britain?(3.5)(6.2)

    14. How did Washington save his army from being captured at the catastrophic defeat in the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776?(6.3)

    15. How did George Washington save the cause of the American Revolution in December of 1776?(6.3)

    16. What did the new British plan to win the war in 1777 consist of?(6.3)

    17. Discuss three reasons why the British plan for 1777 failed?(6.3)

    18. Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered to be the "turning point" of the American Revolution?(6.3)

    19. Why did the British decide to move the war to the South in 1778?(6.5)

    20. What tactics did the American militia forces use against the British in the South?(6.5)

    21. What happened at Yorktown in October of 1781?(6.5)

    22. What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris signed in 1783?(6.5)