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A meeting of delegates from 12 of 13 colonies that met in 1774 before the American Revolution.
Stamp Act Congess
Sons of Liberty
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
2
This battle ended the Revolutionary War with an American-French victory over British forces.
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Charleston
Battle of Saratoga
3
"He has quartered large bodies of troops amongst us" is an example of?
Law written in the Constitution
Grievance found in Declaration of Independence
Reason colonies love England
Reason KG3 taxing colonies
4
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Mail sent between England and America
Weapons
Printed materials like newspapers and legal documents
Tea and sugar
5
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To create a new government
Create new rights for all men
To formally separate the colonies from France
To formally separate the colonies from England
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Why did the British government decide to tax the colonies?
To pay for new ships being built for the Royal Navy
To pay for a new palace for King George
To pay for a war against Spain
To pay for the French & Indian War
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Who said "Give me Liberty, or give me death"
Patrick Henry
James Madison
John Paul Jones
George Washington
8
Wrote poems and plays about boycotts and women's rights during the revolution.
Molly Pitcher
Abigail Adams
John Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
9
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
encourage colonies to stay loyal to England
Encourage colonies to be summer soldiers
Encourage colonies to pay their taxes
Encourage colonies to fight for independence
10
He financed the Continental Army during the Revolution.
Haym Salomon
George Washington
Bernardo de Galvez
Thomas Jefferson
11
Which of the following was an effect of England's taxes?
England was able to pay off the war debt
colonists could not go west of Appalachian Mts.
Colonies boycotted and protested taxation without rep.
The colonies accepted the economic theory of mercantilism
12
Which of the following conquered Florida for Spain and sent supplies to the Continental Army?
Bernardo de Galvez
Haym Salomon
Marquis de Lafayette
Crispus Attucks
13
This granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Quartering Act
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A mob of colonists threw ice and rocks and threatened to attack British troops, leading to this
American Revolution
Boston Massacre
Lexington & Concord
Boston Riots
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In response to the Tea Act a group of colonists protested & threw British tea in Boston Harbor.
Coercive Act
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act Congress
16
One of the men who warned colonists that the British soldiers were coming to attack Lexington.
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
17
A general during the Revolutionary War who fought for the Americans but defected to the British
Benedict Arnold
Samuel Adams
George Washington
John Hancock
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On what date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
April 19, 1775
April 18, 1775
September 28, 1783
July 4, 1776
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Laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies.
Declaratory Acts
Shipping Acts
Townshend Acts
Navigation Acts
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Who was the spy that helped win the battle of Yorktown?
Haym Salomon
Wentworth Chestwell
James Armistead
Sam Adams
21
The agreement that ended the American Revolutionary War between the colonies and Great Britain.
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Paris, 1763
Treaty of Paris, 1783
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A person who is loyal to Great Britain.
Loyalist
Son of Liberty
Rebel
Patriot
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This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War "Shot heard around the world".
Lexington & Concord
Charleston
Yorktown
Saratoga
24
What happened that caused this territorial expansion for the American colonies?
French & Indian War
Anglo-Spanish War
French & British War
Revolutionary War
25
Who was an American hero and Martyr of the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
Wentworth Chestwell
Crispus Attucks
Nathan Hale
26
According to John Locke, what is the purpose of government?
to tax the people and make schools
To protect the peoples natural rights
Create large empires
Make laws
27
This man helped write the Declaration of Independence at the Second Continental Congress.
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Quincy Adams
Samuel Adams
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The British passed these acts in response to American rebellions such as the Boston Tea Party.
Townshend Acts
Declaratory Act
Coercive Acts/Intolerable
Tea Act
29
Which diplomate convinced France to become our ally during the Revolution?
John Adams
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Bernardo de Galvez
30
Who was founder of U.S. navy, led raids on British ships,said "I have not yet begun to fight"
John Paul Jones
Ethan Allen
General Cornwallis
Benedict Arnold
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A meeting of colonists in the summer of 1775 where the plans to fight the British were formed.
Second Contiental Congress
Sons of Liberty
First Continental Congress
Stamp Act Congress
32
Which of the following was the 1st African American elected to office, also Revolution hero.
Wentworth Cheswell
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Crispus Attucks
33
This group formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British.
Stamp Act Congress
Second Continental Congress
First Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
34
This man wrote
Common Sense
to persuade the colonists to break away from English rule.
Samuel Adams
Thomas Paine
John Hancock
John Adams
35
An unofficial British policy avoiding harsh enforcement of parliamentary laws in the colonies.
Olive Branch Petition
Coercive Acts
Salutary Negelct
Stamp Act
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A turning point in the war that showed the French that the colonists could defeat the British.
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Siege of Savannah
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A colonist petition to the King of England to end fighting, but it was refused and war began.
Stamp Act Congress
Olive Branch Petition
Loyalty Petition
Peaceful Charter
38
How did the Declaration of Ind. influence the world?
describes the importance of a strong central government
establishes a basic set of laws for every nation
provides justification forrevolting against bad governments
guarantees universal suffrage
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A rule that made American colonists provide British soldiers supplies or housing they needed.
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
40
Which document is associated with the image of "Join or Die"
Albany Plan of Union
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Declaration of Independence
41
Which Enlightenment leader came up with Natural Rights which influenced the Dec. of Ind.
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Ben Franklin
John Adams
42
What is the purpose of Mercantilism?
To make Quakers rich
Colonies benefit from trade with England
Colonies allowed to freely trade with world
England benefits and controls trade with colonies
43
British soldiers left Boston to capture this Sons of Liberty leader, related to John Adams
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
John Quincy Adams
George Washington
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What are Unalienable Rights?
Rights that can be taken away
Rights found in the Bill of Rights
Rights that cannot be taken away
Rights government gives people
45
The Declaration of Independence was signed before the Revolutionary War started.
True
False
46
The man who was selected to lead the Continental Army in battle against the British.
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Adams
George Washington
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A term for a person who is loyal to the American Colonies.
Tory
Patriot
Son of Liberty
Loyalist
