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American Revolution review quiz for 11th Grade US History
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Benedict Arnold is famous for ...
Inventing eggs benedict
Leaving the Continental army and Defecting to the British
Bravely fighting beside Washington in the Revolutionary war
Commanding the forts at West Point
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A change or addition to the Constitution is known as ...
Law
Amendment
Article
Bill
3
The Second Continental Congress met to decide ...
to Declare Dependence to Great Britain and surrender
to establish the Continental Army and Declare Independence
to establish a National Bank and Declare Rights of Property
to end slavery and to give women and Indians voting rights
4
Patrick Henry's famous quote is ...
Give me liberty or give me death
Give me property or give me work
Give me a country to call my own
All men a re created equal
5
The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution ...
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Bill of Rights
The Ten Commandments
The Declaration of Independence
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Who are the Sons of Liberty ...
British Loyalists
The First Continental Congress
A motorcycle gang
Colonial rebels who protested and attacked the King's agents
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The Second Amendment protects the right to own ...
Animals
Guns
Land
Slaves
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The Boston Tea Party is ...
A conservative political party in Massachusetts
A traditional high tea ceremony practiced by society ladies
A protest in Hartford about coffee taxes
A protest of Bostonians who dumped cargoes of tea overboard
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The "Townshend Duties" are...
A French hairstyle
A requirement to pay for the town's sheds
A provocative play that made fun of King George
Taxes on various imports into the American colonies
10
As a result of the Louisiana purchase the United States ...
Nearly doubled in size
Began a war with Spain
Prevented British use of the Mississippi river
Made peace with France
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The Boston Massacre refers to ...
A battle in Boston during the American Revolutionary War
British soldiers who fired upon a n angry crowd, killing 5
The killing of 5 Redcoats at the hands of angry protesters
The 2012 season for the Boston Red Sox
12
How is the Molasses Act an example of mercantilism ...?
Because it allows trade with France and Spain
Because it allows trade with Great Britain
Because it prohibits trade of molasses other than English
Because it sets a fixed price for molasses
13
The three branches of the Federal Government are ...
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
Senate, House of Representatives, Congress
Supreme Court, The President, and Vice President
CIA, FBI, IRS
14
The president during the Louisiana purchase ...
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
15
"Common Sense" is ...
A Pamphlet by Thomas Paine arguing to seperate from England
A call to American colonists to pledge allegiance to England
A draft of the Declaration of Independence
Something everyone should have
16
This amendment protects individuals from "unreasonable" search and seizures
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
17
The French and Indian War was fought between...
Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington
Britain and Spain
France and Britain with Native Americans on Both sides
Native Americans and French Colonists
18
The Stamp Act is ...
A required stamp for tea
A dance step
A tax requiring an official royal stamp for documents
A tax for postal workers
19
The Battle of Saratoga is ...
The begining of the British surrender
A turning point in the American Revolutionary war
A blow against the British strategy
A battle that proved to France the colonists could win
20
The Battle of Bunker Hill is ...
The first battle of the American Revolution
An important battle of the American Revolution above Boston
The last battle of the American Revolution
The first battle of the War of 1812
21
The Declaration of Independence includes ...
The rights of all men to pursue life, liberty, and happiness
a description of the King's crimes
The right of the people to choose their own government
The role of government is to protect rights of the people
22
The Judicial branch of the US Government is responsible for ...
vetoing laws it doesn't like
putting federal laws into effect
making new laws to stop crime
resolving disputes under the law
23
The colonies declared Independence from Great Britain on
7/4/1776
9/17/1787
12/7/1941
12/20/1860
24
The battles of Lexington and Concord are important because...
The first battles of the American Revolutionary War
The only two battles the Americans won
The capital cities of Massachusetts
They were major defeats that ended the American Revolution
25
"No taxation without representation" refers to...
English colonists wanted to vote without paying a poll tax
A song played by American Patriots
Without a vote in Parliament taxes were a denial of rights
The Kings right to tax slaves
26
General Cornwallis surrender at _________________________ ended the Revolutionary War
Charlestown
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Saratoga
