US 10 Chapter 2 Test

1. Which acts were also known as the Intolerable Acts?

• Sugar Acts
• Stamp Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Coercive Acts

2. Who was the author of Common Sense?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Aquinas
• Thomas Vaughn

3. Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

• Cornwallis
• Howe
• Lafayette
• Washington

4. Which of the following is NOT a natural right guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence?

• Happiness
• Life
• Pursuit of happpiness
• Liberty

5. A divisive item left out the Declaration of Independence because of fear of losing the southern colonies support was?

• taxes
• freedom of speech
• freedom of religion
• slavery

6. Why was the Olive Branch Petition sent to King George?

• to try to attempt to solve the colonies differences with England
• to inform him they were breaking away from England
• to establish new trade routes with England
• none of the above

7. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the First and Second Continental Congresses?

• They met in Philadelpia
• They met in 1776
• All of the colonies were represented
• They met to discuss the problems with England

8. Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?

• Yorktown
• Bunker Hill
• Lexington and Concord
• Trenton

10. Colonists who wanted independence from England were called

• Patriots
• Loyalists
• Colonists
• Redcoats

9. Colonists who were loyal to England were called

• Patriots
• Loyalists
• Colonists
• Redcoats