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American Revolution review quiz for 11th Grade US History #history #ushistory #highschool #11thgrade
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The colonies declared Independence from Great Britain on
9/17/1787
7/4/1776
12/20/1860
12/7/1941
2
Who are the Sons of Liberty ...
Colonial rebels who protested and attacked the King's agents
The First Continental Congress
British Loyalists
A motorcycle gang
3
Benedict Arnold is famous for ...
Inventing eggs benedict
Commanding the forts at West Point
Leaving the Continental army and Defecting to the British
Bravely fighting beside Washington in the Revolutionary war
4
The French and Indian War was fought between...
Britain and Spain
Native Americans and French Colonists
Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington
France and Britain with Native Americans on Both sides
5
The Boston Massacre refers to ...
British soldiers who fired upon a n angry crowd, killing 5
A battle in Boston during the American Revolutionary War
The 2012 season for the Boston Red Sox
The killing of 5 Redcoats at the hands of angry protesters
6
The Declaration of Independence includes ...
The role of government is to protect rights of the people
a description of the King's crimes
The rights of all men to pursue life, liberty, and happiness
The right of the people to choose their own government
7
The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution ...
The Declaration of Independence
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Bill of Rights
The Ten Commandments
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A change or addition to the Constitution is known as ...
Law
Bill
Amendment
Article
9
How is the Molasses Act an example of mercantilism ...?
Because it allows trade with Great Britain
Because it allows trade with France and Spain
Because it prohibits trade of molasses other than English
Because it sets a fixed price for molasses
10
"No taxation without representation" refers to...
A song played by American Patriots
English colonists wanted to vote without paying a poll tax
The Kings right to tax slaves
Without a vote in Parliament taxes were a denial of rights
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The Stamp Act is ...
A dance step
A tax for postal workers
A tax requiring an official royal stamp for documents
A required stamp for tea
12
The battles of Lexington and Concord are important because...
The first battles of the American Revolutionary War
The capital cities of Massachusetts
They were major defeats that ended the American Revolution
The only two battles the Americans won
13
The Battle of Bunker Hill is ...
An important battle of the American Revolution above Boston
The first battle of the American Revolution
The first battle of the War of 1812
The last battle of the American Revolution
14
"Common Sense" is ...
Something everyone should have
A draft of the Declaration of Independence
A call to American colonists to pledge allegiance to England
A Pamphlet by Thomas Paine arguing to seperate from England
15
The "Townshend Duties" are...
Taxes on various imports into the American colonies
A requirement to pay for the town's sheds
A provocative play that made fun of King George
A French hairstyle
16
The Judicial branch of the US Government is responsible for ...
resolving disputes under the law
putting federal laws into effect
vetoing laws it doesn't like
making new laws to stop crime
17
The Second Continental Congress met to decide ...
to Declare Dependence to Great Britain and surrender
to end slavery and to give women and Indians voting rights
to establish the Continental Army and Declare Independence
to establish a National Bank and Declare Rights of Property
18
General Cornwallis surrender at _________________________ ended the Revolutionary War
Charlestown
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Saratoga
19
Patrick Henry's famous quote is ...
Give me property or give me work
All men a re created equal
Give me a country to call my own
Give me liberty or give me death
20
The Battle of Saratoga is ...
A blow against the British strategy
The begining of the British surrender
A turning point in the American Revolutionary war
A battle that proved to France the colonists could win
21
This amendment protects individuals from "unreasonable" search and seizures
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
22
The Second Amendment protects the right to own ...
Guns
Animals
Slaves
Land
23
The president during the Louisiana purchase ...
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
24
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
25
As a result of the Louisiana purchase the United States ...
Nearly doubled in size
Prevented British use of the Mississippi river
Began a war with Spain
Made peace with France
26
The Boston Tea Party is ...
A conservative political party in Massachusetts
A protest of Bostonians who dumped cargoes of tea overboard
A traditional high tea ceremony practiced by society ladies
A protest in Hartford about coffee taxes
