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Colonization through American Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Town Meetings were a part of which colonial region?

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Pacific Northwest

2.

Check ALL that are examples of Representative Government in the Colonies.

a)

The Georgia Chronicle

b)

The VA House of Burgesses

c)

The New England Town Meetings

d)

The Mayflower Compact

3.

The Tea Act (1773) led to which of the following?

a)

Committees of Corrospondence

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The Sugar boycott

d)

Lexington and Concord

4.

The Declaration of Independence was based on the ideas of which of the following people? Check ALL that apply.

a)

John Locke

b)

Barron de Montesquieu

c)

Ralph Carusillo

d)

Jean-Jaques Rousseau

5.

What are a person's Natural Rights as per John Locke?

a)

Life, Liberty, Property

b)

Life, Money, Power

c)

Life, Liberty, Poverty

d)

Liberty, Death, Taxes

6.

What Line did King George establish in 1763 after Pontiac's Rebellion for the colonies to not move west of?

a)

The Line of Demarcation

b)

The Mason-Dixon Line

c)

The Mendoza Line

d)

The Proclamation Line

7.

The Intolerable Acts (1774) had an alternate name in Great Britain, what was it?

a)

The Coercive Acts

b)

The Declaratory Acts

c)

The Tea Acts

d)

The Sugar Acts

8.

Which people were instrumental in the Sons of Liberty? Check ALL that apply.

a)

John Marshall

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Livingston

d)

Samuel Adams

9.

Why did the Puritans flee (leave) England?

a)

High taxes

b)

Religious Persecution

c)

Legal trouble

d)

Dance Party

10.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

The French

b)

The Algonquin

c)

The British

d)

The Spanish

11.

An economic system when the colony exists for the good of the mother country.

a)

Salutary Neglect

b)

Capitalism

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Communism

12.

Where was the Shot Heard Round the World?

a)

Concord

b)

Lexington

c)

NY Harbor

d)

Virgina

13.

What was the Colonial CRY during the Road to the Revolution?

a)

No Taxation At All

b)

No Taxation Without Representation

c)

No Taxation on Domestic Goods

d)

No Taxation for the Rich

14.

The idea that the people are the source of power.

a)

The consent of the governed

b)

The consent of the leadership

c)

The consent of Mr. Carusillo

d)

No consent at all

15.

Who was the author of the pamphlet, Common Sense?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

George Washington

d)

Alexander Hamilton

16.

The Stamp Act (1765) placed a tax on the following items. Check ALL that apply.

a)

Tea

b)

Birth and Death Certificates, marriage licenses

c)

Newspapers, playing cards

d)

Glass

17.

Which two battles are considered Turning Points of the American Revolution? Check ALL that apply

a)

Trenton

b)

Cowpens

c)

Yorktown

d)

Saratoga

18.

What year was the Treaty of Paris signed, ending the Revolutionary War?

a)

1763

b)

1773

c)

1783

d)

1793

19.

Name the trade system that brought slaves to the Americas.

a)

The Triangle Trade

b)

The Old World / New World Exchange

c)

The Swap Meet

d)

The Canadian Exchange

20.

Who created this political cartoon prior to the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Paul Revere