American Revolution Review

Question 1

What act required colonists to house British Soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Quartering Act

Question 2

What is the name of the event where revolutionaries tossed British supplies into the harbor?

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 3

Which term best describes a different role for each branch of the Federal government?

Accepted Answer

Separation of Powers

Question 4

Why did the Parliament pass the Sugar and Stamp Acts initially?

Accepted Answer

To pay for the French and Indian War

Question 5

What act was a tax on newspapers and legal documents?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 6

What was the peace offering from the 2nd continental congress to King George called?

Accepted Answer

Olive Branch Petition

Question 7

What was the Great Compromise?

Accepted Answer

Created two houses in Congress., Combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plan., Pleased both the Federalist and Anti-Federalists

Question 8

What was considered the turning point of the war?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Saratoga (TOGA TOGA)

Question 9

Which event resulted in the first American deaths by the hand of British Soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 10

What is the term for shared power between the State and Federal Government

Accepted Answer

Federalism

Question 11

Who was named Commander at the 2nd Continental Congress in Philadelphia?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 12

What did Shay's rebellion illustrate?

Accepted Answer

The weakness of the Articles of Confederation

Question 13

What freedom does the Second Amendment protect?

Accepted Answer

Right to Bear Arms

Question 14

What is an amendment?

Accepted Answer

An addition or change

Question 15

What is one power the National Congress had under the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

Make Treaties

Question 16

Who would support the Virginia Plan at the time?

Accepted Answer

Large States

Question 17

What was the first battle of the revolutionary war?

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 18

What are unalienable rights?

Accepted Answer

Rights that cannot be taken away by the government, Ensured Human Rights, Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

Question 19

Who would support the New Jersey Plan at the time?

Accepted Answer

Small States

Question 20

What freedom does the First Amendment protect?

Accepted Answer

Speech

Question 21

What did England do in response to the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

Passed the Intolerable Acts

Question 22

Which of the following ensures that no branch of the government gets too powerful?

Accepted Answer

Checks and Balances

Question 23

what is information that is not objective and is used to influence and further an agenda?

Accepted Answer

Propaganda

Question 24

What was the significance of the Battle at Yorktown

Accepted Answer

It ended the war

Question 25

What was the 3/5 Compromise?

Accepted Answer

Slaves would count as 3/5 of the population

Question 26

Who was the first elected President?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 27

What terms were used to identify the two sides of the revolution?

Accepted Answer

Patriots and Loyalists

Question 28

What is the refusal to buy an item from a certain seller in order to protest

Accepted Answer

Boycott

Question 29

What was written by Thomas Jefferson officially calling for separation from England?

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence

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