Chapter 2, Lesson 2 Review

What is the definition of revolutionary?

• unpopular

• kind and welcoming

• to object

• causing great change

Which of the following characteristics of Massachusetts was not a factor in why the shipbuilding industry grew there?

• its good soil

• its hardwood forests

• its many deep rivers

• its miles of shoreline

What happened to make the American colonists dump boxes of tea into Boston Harbor?

• Britain raised taxes on the colonies.

• British soldiers marched into Lexington.

• The British executed three Wampanoag warriors.

• Britain opposed the growth of Massachusetts' shipbuilding business.

Why did Paul Revere and William Dawes ride their horses into Lexington, Massachusetts, in April 1775?

• They wanted to deliver food and supplies to the Pilgrims.

• They wanted to tell the minutemen in Lexington that the British were coming.

• They wanted to spread the word that the United States Constitution had been approved.

• They wanted to rally the people living there and encourage them to protest.

What was the main significance of the United States Constitution?

• It ordered the president to form a cabinet of advisors.

• It declared the United States as independent from Britain.

• It established a new, better system of government for the United States.

• It required the creation of a federal city that would serve as the nation's capital.

Which event happened first?

• The United States Constitution was signed.

• The French and Indian War is fought.

• Britain recognizes the independence of the United States.

• King Philip's War takes place in New England.

Which event happened last?

• The United States Constitution is signed.

• The French and Indian War is fought.

• Britain recognizes the independence of the United States.

• King Philip's War takes place in New England.

Why did the colonists come to the Northeast region?

• For religious freedom

• To trade with the Native Americans

• To use the hardwood forests to build ships.

• To help the King of England pay taxes from the war they lost.