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AMERICAN REVOLUTION REVIEW - 2024
AMERICAN REVOLUTION REVIEW - 2024
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Colonies and American Independence
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What major principle is contained in the Declaration of Independence?
the right to self-govern
the right to bear arms
equality for women, African Americans, etc.
Economic equality for all.
2
Colonists believed that "taxation without representation" was tyrannical because Parliament
had taxed them without their consent.
gave no reasons for the tax.
created outrageously high taxes.
passed the taxes without the king's approval.
3
He led the protest that resulted in the Boston Massacre; he & 4 others were killed by soldiers
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Benedict Arnold
Crispus Attucks
4
When did the United States declare its independence?
November 11, 1620
July 4, 1776
June 18, 1812
March 5, 1770
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This act of Parliament taxed playing cards, dice, newspapers, legal documents, etc.
the Navigation Acts
the Townshend Acts
the Stamp Act
the Quartering Act
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Colonists protested the Stamp Act with...
violence
boycotts
all of the above
petitions
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The French and Indian War resulted in the..
stationing of 10,000 British troops in America after the war
all of the above
French driven out of North America & England taking Canada
Stamp Act being imposed on the English colonies
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Parliament passed the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in order to prevent
religious discrimination in the English colonies.
future wars between English colonists and Indians.
the expansion of slavery in North America.
English colonists from smuggling.
9
The Boston Tea Party's underlying cause was...
the Boston Massacre [1770]
the Quartering Act [1765]
The Tea Act [1773]
the Stamp Act [1765]
10
Which statement best describes the two Boston Massacre images?
Source A is a reliable, secondary source.
Source B is reliable, primary source.
Source A is a reliable, primary source.
Source B is a reliable secondary source.
11
Sons of Liberty leader, labeled a British shooting as the Boston Massacre, led Boston Tea Party
John Hancock
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
12
After Lexington & Concord, the Second Continental Congress decided to do all EXCEPT...
declare independence
name a general
petition for peace with Britain
form an army
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People who strongly protested England, but opposed declaring independence were known as...
Progressives
Moderates
Patriots
Loyalists
14
The lithograph, "Declaration of Independence: July 4th 1776," created between 1835 and 1856 by N. Currier is...
unreliable because Thomas Jefferson is not in the lithograph.
reliable other sources corroborate the source.
unreliable because it was created long after the event.
reliable because it is a primary source [a first-hand account].
15
He was a wealthy publisher and a man of science. He changed from being a moderate to a patriot
Samuel Adams
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Dickenson
16
Thomas Paine's pamphlet, which persuaded many colonists to support independence, was called...
The Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
The Communist Manifesto
The U.S. Constitution
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The pamphlet, Common Sense, argued all of the following EXCEPT...
We have to power to begin the world anew,make gov't better.]
King George III is a tyrant.
The blood of the slain cry out, 'Tis time to part!
Although the British have wronged us, we must forgive
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Whom does the Declaration of Independence describe as a tyrant?
King George III
Prime Minister Grenville
King Louis XVI
George Washington
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Colonists protested the Stamp Act because Parliament...
had never taxed them before this.
kept the tax a secret.
taxed the colonists without representation
had promised to never tax them
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Colonists opposed the Navigation Acts because the colonists wanted...
free trade.
English protection from the French and Indians.
English protection from piracy.
their own local forms of government.
21
All of the following are true of the Olive Branch Petition EXCEPT....
It was a declaration of war.
It was a peace petition.
It was supported by moderates.
It was rejected by the king.
22
Colonists protested The Stamp Act, The Townshend Acts, The Tea Act, etc. on the grounds that...
all taxes were unjust.
Parliament could only directly tax them.
they were no longer British citizens
these were all taxes without representation.
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The No Taxation Without Representation slogan meant that British citizens should have the right
to right to elect the people who tax them.
to petition the king to repeal unfair taxes.
to boycott British goods as a form of protest.
to petition Parliament to repeal unfair taxes.
24
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Thomas Paine
John Adams
25
These laws required the American colonies to trade with England.
Grenville Acts
Townsend Acts
Commerce Acts
Navigation Acts
26
People who supported Great Britain without protest were called...
Patriots
Loyalists
Progressives
Moderates
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She reminded the leaders of the American Revolution to not be tyrants themselves.
Abigail Adams
Phillis Wheatley
Martha Washington
Betsy Ross
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He was a well-known Boston silversmith who made an engraving of the Boston Massacre.
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
John Adams
29
Jury trials were replaced by biased judges who were rewarded with smuggling convictions.
provincial courts
customs courts
vice-admiralty courts
kangaroo courts
30
All of the following are true about the "Intolerable Acts" EXCEPT...
It closed Boston Harbor.
It applied to all thirteen colonies.
It reinstated the Quartering Act.
Mass. gov't was shut down and replaced with military gov't.
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The Second Continental Congress named him the general of the Continental Army.
John Adams
John Hancock
George Washington
Samuel Adams
32
This act of Parliament taxed British imported goods like tea, glass, paint, and lead.
The Townshend Acts
The Grenville Acts
The Navigation Acts
The Non-Importation Acts
33
The French and Indian War was caused by...
French and Indians fighting over North America.
French and British fighting over Indians.
French and British fighting over North America.
French and British fighting over religion.
34
Job competition with British soldiers & British soldier occupation & disrespect helped cause...
The French & Indian War
The Boston Tea Party
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Boston Massacre
35
Although he protested British actions, he defended the British charged in the Boston Massacre.
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
John Adams
36
The Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling...
the Caribbean
west of the Appalachian Mountains
Canada
Florida
37
Under mercantilism, the mother country was supposed to...
sell raw materials to the colonies.
allow the colonies free trade.
encourage the colonies to become independent.
sell manufactured goods to the colonies.
38
Colonists protested the Tea Act of 1773 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...
It established a monopoly that hurt colonial tea merchants.
It made tea more expensive than before the act was passed.
It taxed them without representation.
It gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea.
39
Parliament passed a law required colonists provide British soldiers housing, food, etc.
the Quartering Act
the Coercive Acts
the Navigation Acts
the Townshend Acts
40
All of the following are true about the Tea Act of 1773 EXCEPT...
It gave the British a monopoly on tea.
It made British tea more expensive than before.
Colonists believed it was taxation without representation.
It was a 3 cent tax on tea.
41
The French and Indian War was...
the French and Indians vs. England
the French and Indians vs. England and English colonies.
the French colonists and Indian vs. English colonists only
the French verses Indians
42
The Declaration of Independence defines inalienable rights as the right to...
life, liberty, & property
life, liberty, & justice for all
economic, social, & political equality
life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness
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He was an accused smuggler who became the richest man in the Massachusetts colony.
John Hancock
Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams
George Washington
44
Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing the...
Coercive Acts ["Intolerable Acts"]
Stamp Act
Navigation Acts
Townsend Acts
45
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To create a constitution
Abolish Slavery
To Gain independence from France.
To gain independence from Britain.
46
Parliament passed the Stamp Act in order to...
encourage English colonists to manufactured goods in America
stop English colonists from smuggling
pay off the French & Indian War war debt.
encourage more English colonists to trade with England
47
People who supported the American independence movement were called...
Moderates
Loyalists
Progressives
Patriots
48
How did the American colonists protest British laws that angered them?
all of the above
boycotts of British goods [non-importation]
dumping 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
violence & intimidation like tarring & feathering
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A boycott is a form of protest in which...
people refused to pay taxes.
people refuse to buy goods from certain people.
acts of terrorism are carried out.
riots are organized.
50
This act of Parliament required colonists to provide British troops housing, food, etc.
The Quartering Act
The North Acts
The Repatriation Act
The Proclamation of 1763
51
Tyranny is...
a cruel, oppressive government.
an ineffective government.
anarchy, the absence of government.
a democratic government.
52
Vice-admiralty courts angered the colonists because...
judges received 5% of smuggled goods for guilty decisions.
colonists thought vice-admiralty judges were biased.
all of the above
colonists lost their right to a trial by jury
53
The first armed conflict between the American colonists & the British soldiers took place in...
Lexington & Concord, Massachusetts
Yorktown, Virginia
Saratoga, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Colonists resented and sometimes ignored the Royal Proclamation of 1763 because they
believed the law infringed on their religious freedom.
desired to improve their lives by settling west.
believed the law infringed on free trade.
relied on slavery, especially in the Southern colonies.
