WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 21 LESSON 4

WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 21 LESSON 4

The American Revolution

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Why do new ideas often spark change? 

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• A.to raise money for the colonies

• B.to earn revenue for Britain

• C.to keep the colonies safe

• D.to show who owns property

Multiple Choice

Why did the colonies organize the First Continental Congress?

• A.It was the only way to raise money.

• B.They disagreed about going to war.

• C.Britain asked them to meet.

• D.The colonists wanted to counteract British policy.

Multiple Choice

The Declaration of Independence declared that the colonies

• A.were independent from the British Empire.

• B.were independent from the United States.

• C.could choose a new leader every time they met.

• D.wanted to go to war.

Open Ended

Analyzing PRIMARY SOURCES

Declaration of Independence

“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . . .”

—from the Declaration of Independence

DBQ PARAPHRASING Rewrite the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence in your own words.

Multiple Choice

How did France help the colonies during their war for independence?

• A.France supplied arms and money as well as soldiers and officers.

• B.France gave the colonies as much money as they wanted.

• C.The French fought Britain on British soil, distracting them from the colonies in North America.

• D.France started a war with Native Americans.

Multiple Choice

Britain was finally overpowered and surrendered after

• A.France stopped helping the colonies.

• B.Spain and the Dutch Republic entered the war.

• C.the colonies disbanded the Continental Army.

• D.the Native Americans joined the colonies' side.

Multiple Choice

hy did the colonies fear having a strong central government?

• A.Strong central governments tend to be unable to get things done efficiently.

• B.The colonies feared that Britain would take revenge on them for winning the war.

• C.The colonies had lived under the oppressive rule of a strong power.

• D.A strong central government always ignores the needs of its citizens.

Multiple Choice

Why did the colonists write an entirely new constitution when they met to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• A.The Articles of Confederation proved to be too weak to solve national problems.

• B.They needed a weaker, more flexible constitution than the Articles of Confederation.

• C.The Articles of Confederation were not long enough.

• D.The Articles of Confederation had been written for them by Britain.

Multiple Choice

The federal system outlined in the new constitution contained

• A.only an executive, who was elected by all the people.

• B.one main center of power, with three subsidiary branches that can make suggestions.

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• C.two branches, with both branches having equal power.

• D.three branches, in which each branch has the power to restrain the other branches

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an amendment in the Bill of Rights?

• A.free education

• B.freedom of religion

• C.free medical care

• D.freedom for everyone to vote

Multiple Choice

Much of the Bill of Rights was based on ideas from

• A.the Enlightenment.

• B.Britain's constitution.

• C.the monarchies of Europe.

• D.the Stamp Act.

Open Ended

Why do new ideas often spark change?