American Revolution Pre-Test

Place the following in the order they occurred (earliest to latest)

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Declaration of Independence

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Yorktown

Mercantilism refers to:

• Giving little supervision due to geographic distance

• Organizing in an effort to refuse to buy certain products

• Extracting raw resources from colonies then exclusively selling back finished goods to said colonies

• Requiring colonists to provide housing for British troops

Match the following Acts of the British

• Proclamation of 1763

• We're shutting everything down until you pay for all the tea you dumped!

• Intolerable/Coercive Acts

• Household items are going to cost more because we want you to buy British. No more smuggling!

• Declaratory Act

• You can't expand and live over there. It's off limits!

• Stamp Act

• If you want to use any paper goods whatsoever, it's going to cost you a little more

• Townsend Acts

• The law in England is the same for the colonies.

In what ways did colonists react to British tax policies? (select 2 correct choices)

• They boycotted certain British goods

• The levied taxes of their own on goods sent to England

• They refused to pay them

• They put pressure on their representatives in Parliament to repeal the taxes.

Which of the following is true regarding the 1st Continental Congress? (Select 2 correct choices)

• They declared independence from Great Britain

• They organized strategies to resist and undermine British tax policies

• It was the first colony-wide assembly in the 13 colonies

• They offered an "olive branch" to King George in order to make peace

Which person had nothing to do with writing the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

• John Adams

• Sam Adams

Which was not a grievance against the king and Parliament outlined in the Declaration of Independence?

• Imposing taxes without consent

• Sending colonists overseas to face trial

• Dissolving the representative legislatures

• Making the Anglican Church the official religion across all colonies

Add the correct words to the quote from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be

(a)   That all men are created ​ (b)   and are endowed by their creator with certain ​ (c)   , that among these are ​ (d)   , ​ (e)   , and the pursuit of happiness"

• self evident
• equal
• Unalienable Rights
• life
• liberty
• justice

 A key factor which influenced middle- and lower-class colonists being supportive of independence was

• The widely-distributed and easy to read pamphlet- "Common Sense"

• The majority of people lived in cities and were greatly affected by taxes and quartering troops

• They were tired of colonial elites controlling everything

• Some of the delegates to the Continental Congress were middle and lower class people

Match the person with their role in the American Revolution

• Haym Solomon

• Advocated for Independence by writing Common Sense

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Poet & Playwright criticizing the British and their policies

• Thomas Paine

• Slave who served as a double agent delivering crucial intelligence

• James Armistead

• Served as a spy and securing funding for the Continental Army

• Abigail Adams

• Advocated for women's rights when forming the new government