AH Unit 2 Review

Unit 2 Review

American Revolution

Agenda

• Pre-test

• Review

• Post-test

Multiple Choice

Whose engraving sparks outrage throughout the colonies following the Boston Massacre?

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benedict Arnold

Multiple Choice

What was the Royal Proclamation of 1763?

• British-produced boundary marked in the Cedar River Valley

• British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.

• British-produced boundary marked in the Rocky Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.

• British-produced boundary marked in the Himalayan Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.

Multiple Choice

An act that forbade the colonies from issuing paper currency was called what?

• The Paper Act of 1776

• The Currency Act of 1964

• The Economic Act of 1768

• The Currency Act of 1764

Multiple Choice

A group of instigators and rebels in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience—threats, and in some cases actual violence—to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government were called what?

• Sons of Freedom

• Sons of Anarchy

• Sons of Liberty

• Sons of Peace

Multiple Choice

This man issued a proclamation in which he offered freedom to enslaved people who would support and fight for the British.

• The Prince of Essex

• The Earl of Dunmore

• The Count of Monte Cristo

• The Duke of Earl

Multiple Choice

__________, the Patriots' first secret spying network. The Mechanics gathered information on British activities, taking turns watching the soldiers.

• Mechanics

• Plumbers

• Carpenters

• Blacksmiths

Multiple Choice

Despite losing their strategic positions, which battle was a significant morale-builder for the inexperienced Americans, convincing them that patriotic dedication could overcome superior British military might?

• The Battle of Baker'sHill

• The Battle of Valley Forge

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Battle for Boston Hill

Multiple Choice

Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Who is credited with training the American Colonial Army?

• John Glover

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Washington

Multiple Choice

Where did General Cornwallis surrender?

• Charleston

• Boston

• New York City

• Yorktown

Multiple Choice

How many lanterns would Paul Revere use to indicate that the British were coming by land?

• three

• four

• two

• one

Terms of the Treaty of Paris 1783

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The two sides agreed on some of these key points:

• Great Britain recognized the 13 colonies to be free states.

• Ten years earlier, land had been given to Quebec in Canada. This land would be given back to the United States. 

• The United States would stretch west to the Mississippi River.

• Some colonists had been on the side of the British during the war. They were called Loyalists. The United States promised to protect Loyalists from having their property taken.

• All prisoners of war were to be freed.

Multiple Choice

Whose engraving sparks outrage throughout the colonies following the Boston Massacre?

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benedict Arnold

Multiple Choice

What was the Royal Proclamation of 1763?

• British-produced boundary marked in the Cedar River Valley

• British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.

• British-produced boundary marked in the Rocky Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.

• British-produced boundary marked in the Himalayan Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.

Multiple Choice

An act that forbade the colonies from issuing paper currency was called what?

• The Paper Act of 1776

• The Currency Act of 1964

• The Economic Act of 1768

• The Currency Act of 1764

Multiple Choice

A group of instigators and rebels in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience—threats, and in some cases actual violence—to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government were called what?

• Sons of Freedom

• Sons of Anarchy

• Sons of Liberty

• Sons of Peace

Multiple Choice

This man issued a proclamation in which he offered freedom to enslaved people who would support and fight for the British.

• The Prince of Essex

• The Earl of Dunmore

• The Count of Monte Cristo

• The Duke of Earl

Multiple Choice

__________, the Patriots' first secret spying network. The Mechanics gathered information on British activities, taking turns watching the soldiers.

• Mechanics

• Plumbers

• Carpenters

• Blacksmiths

Multiple Choice

Despite losing their strategic positions, which battle was a significant morale-builder for the inexperienced Americans, convincing them that patriotic dedication could overcome superior British military might?

• The Battle of Baker'sHill

• The Battle of Valley Forge

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Battle for Boston Hill

Multiple Choice

Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Who is credited with training the American Colonial Army?

• John Glover

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Washington

Multiple Choice

Where did General Cornwallis surrender?

• Charleston

• Boston

• New York City

• Yorktown