What was proposed during the Olive Branch Petition?

Americans should ask for peace with Britain

Which of the following was not a result of the Intolerable Acts?

Caused colonists to pay taxes on all paper items

What was the main idea behind the Virginia Plan?

Representation in Congress should be based on population

What was one of the problems with the Articles of Confederation?

There was no powerful central government

What was NOT a result of the Sugar Act?

Caused the colonists to stop buying American made sugar

What was NOT a result of the battles of Lexington and Concord?

British were able to easily defeat the colonists

What was the ultimate purpose for Thomas Paine writing Common Sense?

To establish how the British were mistreating the colonists

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Unit 2 American History Test Prep

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1
Which battle resulted in the Americans firing upon each other and retreating in defeat?
Philadelphia
Yorktown
Saratoga
New York
2
What was proposed during the Olive Branch Petition?
Americans should start a war with Britain
Americans should ask for peace with France
Americans should ask for peace with Britain
Americans should start a war with France
3
Where does the government get its power according to the Declaration of Independence?
people
wealth
military might
inheritance
4
Battle where Americans defeated drunk Hessians and caused many colonists to reenlist?
Yorktown
Trenton
Saratoga
New York
5
Who is this?
Bill Skarsgard
Tim Curry
Johnny Depp
John Carpenter
6
Which of the following was not a result of the Intolerable Acts?
Caused colonists to pay taxes on all paper items
Forced colonists to quarter British soldiers
Shut down Boston Harbor since colonists wouldn't pay for tea
Placed Boston under martial law
7
Which was NOT one of the unalienable rights proposed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life
Pursuit of Happiness
Liberty
Property
8
What were the new boundaries of the United States during the Treaty conference?
Both of these
Canada to Florida
Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River
None of these
9
What is NOT an idea of egalitarianism?
Slaves and women are not created equal
All men are created equal
Virtue defines a person
Being wealthy defines a person
10
Which of the following battles was a turning point for the American troops?
Yorktown
Philadelphia
Saratoga
New York
11
What was the main idea behind the Virginia Plan?
Representation in Congress should be based on equal votes
Representation in Congress should be based on wealth
Representation in Congress should give everyone a voice
Representation in Congress should be based on population
12
Which battle in the American Revolution ultimately caused the French to fully support America?
New York
Saratoga
Philadelphia
Yorktown
13
Which of the following treaties resulted in the end of the American Revolution?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of London
14
Which of the following stated that the colonists couldn't settle west of Appalachian Mountains?
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Proclamation of 1785
Proclamation of 1763
15
What was one of the problems with the Articles of Confederation?
Britain wouldn't grant colonists independence
There was no powerful central government
Federal government was stressed more
Congress had the power to tax
16
Which battle resulted in the Americans losing to Britain and pushed across the Delaware River?
Saratoga
Yorktown
Trenton
New York
17
Who is this?
John Belushi
Tim Curry
Tom Petty
Jim Carrey
18
What happened as a result of the Boston Massacre?
Colonists threw snowballs and ice to provoke British troops
British troops fired on “unarmed” civilians
All of these
British soldiers were tried and found innocent of murder
19
What was NOT a result of the Sugar Act?
Caused the colonists to stop buying American made sugar
Placed tax on certain imports never taxed before
Strengthened enforcement of smuggling cases
It halved the tax on foreign-made molasses
20
What was NOT a result of the battles of Lexington and Concord?
British were able to easily defeat the colonists
The American Revolution had officially begun
British soldiers made their way to Boston after being beaten
Colonists held their ground at these battles
21
How did the Great Compromise solve problems from the Constitution?
All of these
House of Reps. gave representation in Congress on population
3/5 Compromise counted slaves as 3/5 of a person
Senate gave equal representation in Congress
22
What was the ultimate purpose for Thomas Paine writing Common Sense?
To begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
To establish peace with the British
To urge war with France
To establish how the British were mistreating the colonists
23
What was the name of the group of colonists who met to set up the new American government?
Colonial Parliament
Second Continental Congress
First Continental Congress
Third Continental Congress
24
Why did the colonists complain about the Stamp Act?
It caused them to buy only French stamps
It caused them all to go bankrupt
It taxed all paper items
It taxed foreign imports
25
Which of the following battles resulted in Americans gaining full independence from England?
New York
Philadelphia
Saratoga
Yorktown

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