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The Bill of Rights lists our rights as equals and limits government power.
False
True
2
What law stated that colonists could only buy and sell goods to and from England?
Townshend Act
Navigation Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
3
The war ended when the Patriots surrounded the British and Cornwallis had to surrender.
False
True
4
The plan that gave states equal representation and representation based on population
treaty
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Great Compromise
5
What law made it very expensive for colonists to import molasses?
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Navigation Act
6
What was the most significant result because the Colonies won the Revolutionary War?
George Washington would always be our President.
Other countries were impressed by our winning the war
Resulted in our freedom and ability to govern ourselves
We won the war.
7
What law forced colonists to provide places to live for all Redcoats in America?
Navigation Act
Townshend Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
8
What was the main reason people from England chose to move to the colonies?
They wanted the higher paying jobs.
They wanted to move for fun.
There was more tea in the colonies
They wanted religious freedom
9
What law placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and other British goods?
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
10
The British Soldiers were called Limebacks.
True
False
11
How would you describe the winter at Valley Forge?
Extremely hot, and like a vacation for the men
Extremely cold, few supplies, and very challenging
Easy training and lots of good food
12
The Constitution was written to govern all the people equally
False
True
13
The American colonists felt that the English government made them
follow unfair laws
buy too many clothes
work too hard
buy too much tea
14
During Paul Revere's ride, they colonists used lanterns to share the message of the British.
True
False
15
A huge elm tree in Boston that became a symbol of the new land
Liberty Tree
boycott
minutemen
Preamble
16
Who were the colonial leaders making decisions during the Revolutionary War?
Boone, Obama, Lincoln, Jefferson
Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin
Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Ross
Edison, Deere, Lincoln, Washington
17
After the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Patriots learned
They had no chance of winning the war
They needed to just surrender
They could lose some battles, but win the war
They were going to beat the British very easily
18
After the Boston Tea Party...
King George closed Boston Harbor and created Intolerable Act
King George surrendered
King George came to the Boston to help fight
England did not tax the colonies anymore
19
Who was the leader of England?
George III
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
20
Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre
False
True
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Rights that cannot be taken away
unalienable rights
traitor
Great Compromise
spy
22
The plan that gave state governments most of the power
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Great Compromise
23
People loyal to the king
Loyalists
Patriots
24
The group of people who signed the Declaration of Independence and formed the Army.
Continental Congress
Minutemen
Lobsterbacks
Loyalists
25
What law forced colonists to pay a tax on important pieces of paper?
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
26
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
When people get taxed twice on the same item.
When taxed, but people have no say on how the money is used
When some people get taxed and others don't.
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but England is not
27
The introduction of the Constitution
Preamble
Articles
Bill of Rights
Amendments
28
The Declaration of Independence was written to formally declare separation from England.
True
False