American Revolution

Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington

What is a settlement of differences in which each side gives up part of what they want?

• demand
• treaty
• argument
• compromise

Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts
• Sugar Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Stamp Acts

How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?

• Dressed up like Native Americans
• Boston Massacre
• Dumped tea into Boston harbor
• Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

What term refers to the system that gives each government branch some power over the others?

• Articles of Confederation
• Ratification
• Federalism
• Checks and Balances

Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation line of 1763
• Proclamation boundary
• Manifest Destiny
• Borderlands

The ________ Branch of government makes the laws.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Bicameral

Amendment 8 prevents cruel and unusual punishments

• True
• False

This type of American Colonist was in support of the British parliament.

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• Yes man
• Neutral

How many houses make up the legislative branch under the Constitution?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4