Gallopade Unit 1 Post Test (The American Revolution)

What act did the king impose on any written documents?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

Name the act that gave back the land to the Native American Indians.

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Tea Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Intolerable Acts

Which document came from the American Revolutionary War?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

What was the name of the meeting where delegates got together and created the Declaration of Independence?

• Meeting of Independence

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Congress

• British Parliament

What phrase is associated with the colonists' protest against British taxes?

• No taxation without representation

• Give me liberty or give me death

• We the people

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Why were the colonists upset with the British Parliament?

• They were not allowed to trade

• They were not being represented in Parliament

• They were forced to join the army

• They were not allowed to speak English

Which event marked the end of the American Revolutionary War?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Massacre

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• A law banning colonial assemblies

• A law forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

• A law imposing taxes on imports

• A law allowing free trade with other countries

Who was the leader of the Continental Army and later began the first president of the United States

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

What is the name of the war that started the colonists' desire for independence from Great Britian?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Revolutionary War

• The French and Indian War

• The Civil War