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Pre-Test Unit 2 SSUSH2 &SSUSH3

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763? 
a)
They resisted the British regulation of colonial agriculture. 
b)
They supported the right to manufacture goods within the colonies. 
c)
They opposed the ban on colonial expansion into western lands. 
d)
 They accepted the presence of more British troops to protect the colonies. 
2.
Identify the main idea of the quote below: 
     The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can  be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.”  Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765
a)
The colonial legislatures should be appointed by the English King with the consent of Parliament. 
b)
Only the colonist’s elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes. 
c)
a)   The English King should have the right to tax the colonies. 
d)
The colonists should oppose all taxation. 
3.
What were Thomas Paine's reasons for writing Common Sense?
a)
It warns people not to give the British actions too much thought.
b)
It encourages people to accept what has already been established as right.
c)
It shows that he believes the British were right in their actions against the colonists.
d)
It prompts people to examine the British actions and question whether or not they are right.
4.
The actions of the Sons of Liberty in Boston at the Tea Party led the British to
a)
Leave the colonies
b)
Pass the Intolerable Acts shutting the port of Boston
c)
Execute participants who were caught at the tea party
d)
Seize America ships and blockade American ports
5.
What British action in 1765 prompted the colonists to resort to violence and protests, claiming that only their own elected representative governments could tax them?
a)
The Tea Act
b)
The Stamp Act
c)
The Quartering Act
d)
The Intolerable Acts
6.
How did the relationship between Britain and the colonies change after the French and Indian War? 
a)
The colonists enjoyed more freedoms and fewer restrictions than before the war.
b)
The British placed unfair taxes on the colonists to pay war debt and the colonists rebelled.
c)
The British no longer saw the need to maintain the colonies and began the process of giving the colonists their independence.
d)
The colonists were angry that their neighbors from France were forced to leave the colonies and they started to rebel against Parliament.
7.
What was a direct result of the French and Indian War?
a)
Increased taxation of the Americans
b)
Rapid western migration of American settlers
c)
The surrender of Great Britain over Spanish Florida
d)
The expansion of French holdings in North America
8.
This cartoon printed in 1760 was most likely a protest against
a)
pirates
b)
food safety
c)
British taxes
d)
cruelty of British soldiers
9.
"It was in this scene of strife and bloodshed, that the incidents we shall attempt to relate occurred, during the third year of the war which England and France last waged, for the possession of a country, that neither was destined to retain."
--James Fenimore Cooper,The Last of the Mohicans
a)
the French and Indian War
b)
the American Revolution
c)
the "Trail of Tears"
d)
"Bleeding Kansas"
10.
Which statement BEST describes an effect of the British policy of salutary neglect?
a)
The colonies developed an aptitude for self-governing.
b)
Colonial governors became more powerful than assemblies.
c)
American colonists stopped sending raw materials to England.
d)
Parliament increased its military supervision of the colonies.
11.
Which political development greatly increased tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain in the years just before the American Revolution?
a)
Jay's Treaty
b)
the XYZ Affair
c)
Pinckney's Treaty
d)
the Proclamation of 1763
12.
What did "no taxation without representation" mean to the colonists?
a)
The taxing power of British shopkeepers is represented in Parliament.
b)
There should be no taxation of British goods entering the colonies.
c)
Taxation in the colonies should only be for British citizens.
d)
The colonists should not be taxed without representation in Parliament.
13.
How did Stamp Act/Tea Act/Intolerable Acts influence colonists to revolution against Britain
a)
by revealing British plan to expand colonies West
b)
by limiting slave trade in colonies
c)
by raising taxes in colonies without representation
d)
by increasing conflict between colonists and natives
14.
Authored the Declaration of Independence 
a)
Thomas Anderson 
b)
Thomas Paine 
c)
Thomas Jefferson 
d)
Benjamin Franklin 
15.
Author of 'Common Sense'
a)
Thomas Jefferson 
b)
Thomas Paine 
c)
John Locke 
16.
How many parts does the Declaration of Independence have 
a)
6
b)
7
c)
5
d)
4
17.
The continental Army faced a harsh, deadly winter while stationed at 
a)
Death Valley 
b)
Valley Forge 
c)
Trenton 
d)
Yorktown 
18.
Marquise de Lafeyette and Baron von Streubon served the United States (as French officers) in what capacity 
a)
Offered advice 
b)
Trained American soldiers 
c)
Brought food and drinks 
d)
Brought medicine 
19.
The battle of Trenton was a surprise attack on Hessians on which holiday 
a)
Christmas 
b)
Thanksgiving 
c)
Labor Day 
d)
Hanukkah 
20.
Who was the British general that led 7500 troops into the tiny town of Yorktown
a)
Cornwallis 
b)
Washington 
c)
Franklin 
d)
Lafeyette 
21.
Which battle is seen as the turning point of the American Revolution 
a)
Yorktown 
b)
Trenton 
c)
Saratoga 
d)
Lexington 
22.
Without the help of _________________, the Americans would have lost the war 
a)
British 
b)
Spanish 
c)
French 
d)
Italians 
23.
The Diplomacy of these two Americans helped persuade the French to become our allies 
a)
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams 
b)
George Washington and John Locke 
c)
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hobbes 
d)
John Locke and Thomas Paine 
24.
Indirect (import) taxes on cloth, glass, lead, tea.
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Townshend Acts
d)
Tea Tax
25.
After the French and Indian War, _________ controlled much of North America.
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
Britain
d)
Mexico
26.
Punishments for the Boston Tea Party
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Paper Tax
d)
Intolerable Acts
27.
Direct tax on a variety of documents, printed items, cards, dice
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Quartering Act
28.
An explanation for why the colonies were cutting political ties with Britain...
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Olive Branch Petition
c)
Declaration of Rights
d)
Declaration of Independence
29.
Importance of Committees of Correspondence
a)
Send messages to King
b)
Record meetings of the Sons of Liberty
c)
Spread news among the colonies
d)
Vote on colonial issues
30.
George Washington as commander in chief was successful because...
a)
he inspired the troops.
b)
he was loud.
c)
he was handsome.
d)
no reason; he was not.
31.
PRIMARY purpose of the Stamp, Townshend, and Tea Acts was to help England to...
a)
Control the colonies
b)
Pay for debt from the French & Indian War
c)
Work with the colonies
d)
Control smuggling
32.
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
a)
When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
b)
When people are taxed twice on the same item
c)
When some people get taxed and others don't
d)
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is
33.
Who were the colonial leaders making decisions during the Revolutionary War?
a)
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin
b)
Thomas Edison, John Deere, Abe Lincoln, George Washington
c)
Daniel Boone, Barach Obama, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betsy Ross
34.
What law stated that the colonists could only buy goods from England and the colonists could only sell goods to England?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Navigation Act
35.
After the Boston Tea Party...
a)
England did not tax the colonists
b)
King George surrendered
c)
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts
36.
In which war did the French persuaded their Indian allies to join them in preventing further settlement in the region west of the Appalachian Mountains?
a)
American Revolutionary War
b)
French and Indian War
c)
French Revolution
d)
War of the Roses 
37.

Who was the commander in chief during the American Revolution and the 1st President of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Samuel Adams

38.

During the Battle of _________________, Americans surprised Hessian troops guarding Trenton and took most of them prisoner.

a)

Bunker's Hill

b)

Trenton

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

39.

American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

40.

Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.

a)

Treaty of Paris (1763)

b)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

U.S. Constitution

41.

Stated that no colonists could settle in lands to the west of the Appalachian mountains-- made the colonists very upset.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Quartering Act

42.

a formal request for government action

a)

Petition

b)

Grievance

c)

Boycott

d)

Taxation

43.

A refusal to buy or use goods and services.

a)

Boycott

b)

Petition

c)

Taxation

d)

Sons of Liberty

44.

A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Daughters of Liberty

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

Committees of Correspondence

45.

organization of colonial women formed to protest British policies

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

Boston Tea Party

46.

Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party

a)

Tea Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Stamp Act

47.

protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Battle of Lexington

d)

Battle of Concord

48.

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

a)

Militia

b)

Military

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

Second Continental Congress

49.

American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

Colonists

d)

Settlers

50.

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation

a)

Common Sense

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Olive Branch Petition

d)

Bill of Rights

51.

formal complaints

a)

Greivances

b)

Petitions

c)

Boycotts

d)

Taxation

52.

a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.

a)

Revolution

b)

Evolution

c)

Restitution

d)

Tyranny

53.

American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution.

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Trenton

c)

Battle of Bunker's Hill

d)

Battle of Yorktown

54.

1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender

a)

Battle of Charleston

b)

Battle of Cowpens

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Saratoga

55.

The British fought the ​ (a)   for the Ohio River Valley in the ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
French
French and Indian War
Spanish
Revolutionary War
56.

Match the following Causes of the American Revolution to their event descriptions.

a)

small skirmish in Boston where 5 Colonists were killed; overblown by Paul Revere

1.

Boston Massacre

b)

direct punishment as a result of the Boston Tea Party

2.

Coercive Acts

c)

soldiers were allowed to live in colonial homes if necessary

3.

Quartering Act

d)

342 chests were dumped into the Boston Harbor

4.

Boston Tea Party

e)

tax on paper, playing cards, almanacs, etc

5.

Stamp Act

57.

Which strong feature of the Articles of Confederation created a method for territories to become states?


SSUSH5a

a)

The ability to sign peace treaties

b)

Shays' Rebellion

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

60,000 Ordinance

58.

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?


SSUSH5b

a)

The States

b)

The National Government

c)

The Continental Congress

d)

The Legislative Branch

59.

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?


SSUSH5b

a)

Congress couldn't collect taxes

b)

Weak central government

c)

Provided for no common currency

d)

All of the these

60.

The uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms to pay for heavy state taxes after the American Revolution was known as


SSUSH5b

a)

Shays Rebellion

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The Civil Rights Movement

d)

The Constitutional Convention

61.

Ultimately, the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to the adoption of:


SSUSH5c

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

The Affordable Care Act

c)

The U.S. Constitution

d)

The Declaration of Independence

62.

Which statement best reflects the views of an Anti-Federalist?


SSUSH5d

a)

“I demand a new constitution”

b)

“I support ratification”

c)

“I fear a strong government”

d)

a. “I oppose a bill of rights”

63.

Federalist SUPPORT a strong, national government and creating a new constitution.


SSUSH5d

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Anti-federalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the constitution to help protect...


SSUSH5d and SSUSH5e

a)

Individual Rights

b)

State Rights

c)

Slavery

d)

The Articles of Confederation

65.

The Articles of Confederation was successful in managing new lands with laws such as (there are multiple correct answers)


SSUSH5a

a)

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

b)

Land Ordinance of 1785

c)

Proclamation Line of 1763

d)

Western lands Ordinance

66.

How did Federalists and Anti-Federalists "compromise" to ratify (approve) the U.S. Constitution?

a)

they added the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments)

b)

ensured due process of law

c)

they outlawed cruel and unusual punishment

d)

the Federalists threatened the Anti-Federalists with war

67.
What kind of congress did the Great Compromise establish?
a)
1 House that controls everything
b)
2 Houses that have no power
c)
2 Houses that both vote on laws
d)
2 Houses that take turns being in charge
68.
The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--
a)
Representation in the Senate
b)
How slaves should be counted for representation
c)
How states should be represented
d)
Borders of states
69.

What was the main task of the Constitutional Convention?

a)

To regulate interstate commerce

b)

To raise taxes

c)

To replace the Articles of Confederation

d)

To end Shays's Rebellion

70.

What was the primary purpose of The Federalist Papers?

a)

To convince New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution

b)

To advocate for a weaker central government

c)

To oppose the Bill of Rights

d)

To support Shays's Rebellion

71.

An excerpt from the Bill of Rights is shown.

Amendment 3: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner prescribed by law.

What was the effect of this amendment?

a)

The protection of individual rights.

b)

The establishment of a standing army.

c)

The outlawing of mandatory military service.

d)

The strengthening of state and local governments.

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