American Revolution Unit Test Review

 The Stamp Act was a tax on ________________________.

• Tea
• Documents
• Sugar
• Imported Goods

The turning point of the Revolutionary War was at the Battle of ________________.

• Gettysburg
• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Lexington and Concord

Which country helped the United States in the Revolutionary War?

• Ireland
• Great Britain
• France
• Mexico

Which document, written in 1215, influenced the US Constitution?

• Magna Carta
• Tea Act
• Bill of Rights
• Treaty of Paris

Jamestown was founded in 1607 and is known as the first permanent _______________ settlement?

• Spanish
• Dutch
• African
• English

Puritans settled which area?

• New England
  
  
• Texas
  
• Middle States
• Southern States

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

Answer explanation

The Proclamation of 1763. after the French and Indian War, stated that the colonists were not allowed to move past the Appalachian Mountains.

Which American colony’s economy was based primarily on shipbuilding and fishing?

• Virginia

• Maryland

• Georgia

• Massachusetts

Answer explanation

Massachusetts will focus more on shipbuilding and fishing for their economy. The natural harbors, abundance of lumber, and the colony's location near the coast lends itself to having these kinds of economic activities.

Why did Parliament(England) pass these acts-Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

• promote growth of cottage industries

• encourage foreign trade with colonies

• recover the cost of defending the colonies

• fund the establishment of new colonies

How did mercantilism create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• introduced servitude to the middle colonies

• required colonists to enlist in the military

• limit the amount of farmland

• prevent colonists from trading with other foreign countries