Unit 3 American Revolution Test Review

The date 1776 is important in U.S. history because it is when the (a)  

• Continental Army defeated the British
• Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution
• Declaration of Independence was adopted
• Intolerable Acts were passed.

Which of the following is one reason the British government created the Proclamation Line of 1763?

• to stop the movement of plantations and slaves into the Ohio Valley

• to prevent conflict between colonists and American Indians in the Ohio Valley

• to create an area of colonies for people held in British prisons and jails

• to allow officials to plan an orderly process of making colonies in the Ohio Valley

Prior to the American Revolution, the British Parliament felt it was appropriate to tax the colonists to help pay the expenses they had run up while fighting a war. What war was it?

• Spanish Armada

• Indian attacks in the South

• French and Indian War

• Loyalists

For imposing taxes without our consent...

— Declaration of Independence

What action is being referred to in the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

• passage of the Stamp Act in 1765

• enforcement of the Quartering Act in 1774

• enforcement of the Intolerable Acts in 1774

• establishment of the Proclamation Line in 1763

How did American colonists view the Proclamation of 1763?

• They saw it as an effective way to reduce tensions with American Indians.

• They believed it was a British attempt to reinforce control over them.

• They thought that it would transform the French into military allies.

• They assumed that it was done to help save money for the British.

– Lived in Boston, Massachusetts

– Silversmith

– Minuteman

– Member of Sons of Liberty

– Warned the colonists of the approaching British army in the Battle of Lexington & Concord

Which of these individuals is described by the information in the list?

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

Declaration of Independence : Thomas Jefferson :: Common Sense : (a)   .

• Benjamin Franklin
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson

Use the list and your knowledge of history to answer the question.

Marquis de Lafayette

Baron von Steuben

Thaddeus Kosciusko

Comte de Rochambeau

Which of the following is the BEST title for this list?

• Early American Diplomats

• Famous Settlers in Pennsylvania

• Explorers of the Mississippi River

• Foreign Fighters in the Revolutionary War

Delegates to the Second Continental Congress voted to organize a national army and appointed as its commander-in-chief —

• John Adams

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington