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Unit 3: American Revolution #americanrevolution
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1
What informal gathering was created by Ben Franklin before the French and Indian War?
First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Albany Plan of Union
Sons of Liberty
2
Which of the following events is being shown in the newspaper?
Proclamation 1763
Boston Massacre
French & Indian War
Boston Tea Party
3
Where did colonial soldiers suffer a miserable winter encampment?
Valley Forge
Saratoga
Boston Harbor
Delaware River
4
In the early 1770's how did the British gov. respond to increasing American protests?
it increased effortsto maintain order in and enforce laws
it offered self government to the colonies
It asked France for help in controlling the colonists
it agreed to grant the colonies representation in Parliament
5
What land did the British gain as a result of the Seven Years War?
All of Florida
Missippi River Valley
Ohio River Valley
Great Lakes
6
Which title best describes the people in the picture?
Cavaliers
Patriots
Loyalist
Tories
7
At what battle did Cornwallis surrender, thus ending the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Saratoga
8
Which of the following was
NOT
an impact of the French and Indian War?
British were critical of colonial soldiers
Colonies began to use military coordination
Colonists realized that the British were undefeatable
Colonies began to feel united against a common enemy
9
Who was the philosopher who believed that people had the right to overthrow their ruler?
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hobbes
Ben Franklin
10
What group is depicted in the picture below?
Loyalists
Cavaliers
Tories
Sons of Liberty
11
What term is used to describe a time period of renewed interest in government and how they rule
Medieval Times
Enlightenment
Renaissance
The Great Awakening
12
Why did Patriots throw thousands of dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor?
To protest the repeal of taxes
To protest the Tea Act
To protest the Intolerable Acts
To protest the Boston Massacre
13
What document mentions
unalienable
rights such as
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
The Constitution
14
What was published in January of 1776 that unified the colonies?
Second Treatise of Government
Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
Statue of Rights
15
Locke believed all people had ________ rights such as life, liberty and property
natural
undeniable
unalienable
inherent
16
Which battle was the "turning point" of the revolution?
Winter at Valley Forge
Yorktown
Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
17
What is represented by the cartoon?
Declaration of Independene
Proclamation of 1763
Tea Act of 1773
Intolerable Acts
18
The signing of this document meant that the 13 colonies were at war with England.
The Constitution
Olive Branch Petition
Albany Plan of Union
Declaration of Independence
19
Which of the following is
NOT
a colonial advantage during the war?
Physical distance of Great Britain to Colonies
Having one central capital within the colonies
Support from other major European Powers
Defending their homeland
20
The Stamp Act placed a tax on which items?
Tobacco, Wine, Silk, Tea
Legal documents, newspapers, playing cards
Paper, Tea, Timber
Tea, Stamps, Sugar
21
In what town were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Boston
Concord
Richmond
Philadelphia
22
"We will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice of or representation" =
necessity for separation of powers
government by consent of the people
freedom of press and assembly
right to a writ of habeas corpus
23
Which of the following caused Great Britain to go into debt and tax the colonists?
British East India Company
Spanish American War
French & Indian War
Settlement of Jamestown
24
I am an American colonist, but consider myself to be British. I support the King of England.
Neutralist
Native American
Patriot
Loyalist
25
African American Slave who spied for the continental army, gave location of the British army.
Haym Salomon
Crispus Attucks
Wentworth Cheswell
James Armistead
26
What was Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common sense about?
getting France to join the fight
creating a new system of government for the United States
trying to repeal the Stamp Act
getting people who were undecided to support independence
27
Jewish Merchant who loaned money to the new American Government
Wentworth Cheswell
James Armistead
Crispus Attucks
Haym Solomon
28
American colonists show their opposition to British taxation in the 1760's primarily by...
supporting the French against the British
purchasing additional products from Native American Indans
overthrowing the royal governors in most of the colonies
boycotting products from Great Britain
29
Who created the following picture?
John Adams
Paul Revere
Ben Franklin
Sam Adams
