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Chapter 2: The American Revolution
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Chapter 2: U. S. History I
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The Townshend Acts placed new customs duties on...
Rum
Fruits & Vegetables
Glass, lead, paper, tea
Molasses
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The Coercive Acts were enacted to punish Massachusetts in response to...
Quartering Act
Stamp Act Congress
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
3
According to the Proclamation of 1763 the colonists could NOT settle west of the...
Ural Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Andes Mountains
Alps
4
Allowed customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling
Crispus Attucks
Sir Henry Clinton
Writs of Assistance
Committee of Correspondence
5
On September 5, 1774, 55 delegates met in Philadelphia which became known as the...
The 2nd Continental Congress
Patriot Uprising
The 1st Continental Congress
Continental Army
6
The American naval officer who stated, "I have not yet begun to fight," was...
John Hancock
John Paul Jones
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
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Guaranteed freedom of religion and speech
None of the Above
Declaration of Petition
Declaration of Independence
Virginia Declaration of Rights
8
During the French & Indian War, French & Native Americans fought the British and ?
Irish
Colonists
Spanish
Italians
9
The Stamp Act angered the colonists because...
It only applied to the New England colonies
It only applied to sugar and indigo
It involved a tax on imports
It was the first direct tax levied on the colonists
10
The ______ began when a crows began to taunt the British soldiers & throw snowballs
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act Congress
Battle of Lexington
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Which part of the Declaration of Independence explains why the CCongress drafted the document?
The Resolution of Independence
The Declaration of Natural Rights
The List of Grievances
Preamble
12
Required local officials to provide lodging for British soldiers
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Coercive Acts
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Sent by Patriot leaders to warn that the British were on their way to Lexington
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
14
Grenville convinced Parliament to pass a law allowing smugglers in the colonies to be tried...
at Guantanamo Bay
in colonial courts
in a vice-admiralty court
in a Spanish court
15
The French and Indian War was fought over the control of the...
Ohio River Valley
Delaware River Valley
Hudson River Valley
Mississippi River Valley
16
Gave the Americans confidence even though they ran out of ammunition
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Philadelphia
17
On December 26, 1776, Washington's army crossed the Delaware River and...
Launch a surprise attack against the British in Trenton
captured the city of Philadelphia
Delivered his farewell address
Were captured by the Hessians
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Replaced General Howe for the British
General Charles Cornwallis
Sir Henry Clinton
Sir William of Windsor
George Washington
19
The British sent the Gaspee to...
Capture George Washington
Arm the British soldiers
Patrol the North Atlantic waters
Deliver imported goods
20
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine urged colonists to...
Attack the Hessians
Support the British
Dump tea in the Boston Harbor
Support Independence
21
How did the colonists begin resisting British policies?
Smuggling goods
All of the Above
Colonists began signing nonimportation agreements
Boycotting British goods
22
The American victory at Saratoga was important because it...
Prompted George Washington to capture Savannah
Prompted France to enter the war and help the colonists
Prompted France to enter the war against the Spanish
Prompted France to enter the war and help the British
23
Drafted most of the Declaration of Independence
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
24
First colonist to die at the Boston Massacre
Anne Hutchinson
Crispus Attucks
Atticus Finch
Paul Revere
25
In response to the Stamp Act, merchants in New York signed...
a petition
a currency law
A nonimportation agreement
a declaration of rights
26
The Olive Branch Petition was sent by the Continental Congress to King George III asking for...
To send over Sicilian Olives
More British troops in America
An end to the hostilities
A declaration of war
27
The colonists who supported independence were known as the...
Loyalists
Patriots
Mercenaries
Tories
28
Helped the colonies to communicate with one another
Paul Revere
General Charles Cornwallis
Committee of Correspondence
Writs of Assistance
29
Surrendered to the Patriot forces on October 19, 1781.
Sir Henry Clinton
General William Howe
George Washington
General Charles Cornwallis
30
The Continental Congress chose ____ to command the Continental Army?
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams
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Led to the British surrender in the Revolution
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
