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CKLA American Revolution Mid-Unit Review
CKLA American Revolution Mid-Unit Review
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1
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
The French and the British, with Native Americans on each side
The French and Native Americans
Canadian French and Americans
The British and the Native Americans
2
This famous Patriot said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
George Washington
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
3
Who was the group of protesters in Boston that cried, "No taxation without representation"?
Daughters of Liberty
Militiamen
The Redcoats
The Sons of Liberty
4
What did the British Parliament do as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
They sailed to America for another tea party
They approved a new set of laws to punish the people of Boston
They gave them representation in Parliament
They apologized and gave them more tea
5
Patrick Henry was in favor of:
colonial independence from Britain
Continued British rule of colonies
6
What is known as the "shot heard 'round the world?"
The shots fired at Lexington and Concord
The Boston Tea Party
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Boston Massacre
7
Who wrote the pamphlet known as 'Common Sense'?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Ted Paine
Benjamin Franklin
8
Which act from British government taxed printed materials?
The Stamp Act
The Boston Port Act
The Tea Tax
The Quartering Act
9
Who did the Sons of Liberty disguise themselves as during the Boston Tea Party?
The British
Native Americans
The French
George Washington
10
The colonists felt the Stamp Act was unfair.
False
True
11
On this date, members of the Second Continental Congress voted for independence:
July 2, 1776
July 2, 1876
July 1, 1996
July 4, 1776
12
After Parliament eliminated the tax on paper, they taxed imports such as tea. What did the colonists do?
They boycotted tea
They hosted a fancy tea party
They kept drinking tea
13
On this date, members voted again to accept the Declaration of Independence. This is now American Independence Day!
July 4, 2000
July 4, 1776
July 2, 1776
June 4, 1776
14
In March 1770, Bostonian's got in an argument with a redcoat and threw a snowball with a rock in it resulting in...
The American Revolution
The Boston Massacre
The Boston War
The Boston Tea Party
15
The British won the French and Indian War.
False
True
16
What does the word
intolerable
mean?
easy to accept
too painful and hard to accept
17
What were the French and British fighting over?
Taxes
Freedom
Control of land in North America
18
Paul Revere rode on horseback
alone
to warn colonists the Redcoats were coming.
False
True
19
Another word for
grievance
is:
compliment
challenge
complaint
20
The First Continental Congress, made up of representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies, met to...
Write a list of complaints and grievances against British government
Celebrate their freedom
Start war with Britain
21
The Second Continental Congress began to function as a government in all of the following ways
EXCEPT:
They agreed to form an army
They created their own money
They formed a navy
They set up a postal service
22
Why did the British government impose new taxes on the colonists?
They had to pay the French for defeating them
They felt like it
The colonists used all of their resources
The British Government had a lot of war debt (owed money)
23
Why did the colonists feel the tax was unfair?
They were in a new country and should not have to pay
They did not have any money to pay them
They had no say (representation) in the British Parliament
24
Which of the following statements about the Declaration of Independence is
NOT
true?
It was reviewed by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
It was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson
It listed reasons for the colonists' desire to break away from France
It remains a key document in American history
