U.S. History Quiz

Which action was taken by the leaders of the thirteen colonies in 1776?

• Ratifying the U.S. Constitution

• Writing the Articles of Confederation

• Announcing independence from Britain

• Establishing three branches of government

Based on the information in the excerpt, the colonists had been violating what British policy for some time?

• Stamp Act

• Mercantilism

• Free enterprise

• Intolerable Acts

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?

• It imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament.

• It required all colonial goods to be sold directly to Great Britain.

• It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• It replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.

Which of the following British actions led the American colonists to claim that taxes were imposed without their consent?

• Passage of the Stamp Act

• Creation of the Intolerable Acts

• Administration of the Quebec Act

• Enforcement of the Quartering Act

The British began imposing taxes on the colonists in 1765 to help pay the expenses of fighting the —

• Spanish Armada

• American Revolution

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• French and Indian War

The text refers to colonial grievances regarding the British government imposing ______ on the colonies. This text was written as a response to the ______.

• unfair taxation

• illegitimate representatives

• Stamp Act

• mercantilist policies

• Quartering Act

James Armistead helped to contribute to the American victory at Yorktown by —

• leading an elite regiment of French soldiers at the battle

• passing along information he had discovered while spying

• encouraging soldiers to re-enlist after the winter at Valley Forge

• donating significant amounts of money to help fund the Patriots

How did French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette contribute to the American Revolutionary War?

• He spied on British troops for the colonists.

• He negotiated the Treaty of Paris on behalf of the colonists.

• He commanded troops for the colonists against British forces.

• He provided funding from the French government for the colonists.

Why would the writings of Mercy Otis Warren be informative to a historian?

• She published the first novel set in colonial America.

• She recorded the proceeding at the Boston Massacre trial.

• She contributed to the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

• She authored one of the earliest accounts of the Revolutionary War.

Many individuals contributed to the revolutionary cause, though the first to give his life to the cause was —

• James Armistead

• Crispus Attucks

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Haym Salomon