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WorksheetsDA 1 Retest Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 45mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which battle is best considered to be the turning point of the American Revolution?
a)
Lexington
b)
Saratoga
c)
Yorktown
d)
Concord
2.
What was the name of the treaty that officially ended the American Revolution?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Yorktown
c)
Treaty of Wilson
d)
Treaty of Concord
3.
Great Britain recognized American
a)
revolution
b)
independence
4.
Unalienable Rights...
a)
cannot be taken away
b)
are given to you by government
5.
Locke's inalienable rights include...
a)
life, liberty, and property
b)
pizza, chips, and soda
c)
life, property, and travel
d)
freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assembly
6.
Influenced Separation of Power and Checks and Balances
a)
John Locke
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Charles Montesquieu
d)
George Washington
7.
The House of Burgesses is important in history because it was the
a)
the first time a council advised the Virginia Company
b)
only legislative body in England
c)
first election of women as leaders
d)
first elective legislative body in America
8.
8.3 (B) The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and FundamentalOrders of Connecticut were important in the development of democracy because they --
a)
gave all colonists the right to vote.
b)
ensured religious freedom
c)
overrode the power of the English king
d)
focused on the importance of self-government.
9.
Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power. Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Monarchy
10.
What was the purpose of a town meeting?
a)
to hire new colonists for new jobs
b)
to help solve issues (problems) of the colonists
c)
to catch up on all of the town gossip
11.
The social life of New England colonists revolved around-
a)
Town Meetings
b)
Shipbuilding
c)
Church
d)
Plantations
12.
Which words are associated with the New England Colonies?
a)
Few towns, plantations, slave codes
b)
Fishing, whaling, Puritan laws, town meetings
c)
Market towns diversity, church run schools
13.
What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?
a)
to punish merchants for selling imported tea.
b)
to see who could throw a barrel further.
c)
to frame the Native Americans.
d)
to protest taxes
14.
Who won the American Revolution?
a)
The British
b)
The American Colonists
15.
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
a)
Guilford Courthouse
b)
Trenton
c)
Yorktown
d)
Lexington & Concord
16.
This American victory was the turning point in the American Revolutionary war and encouraged the French to join forces with them (the Americans).
(Turning point is a big change in a situation)
(Turning point is a big change in a situation)
a)
Saratoga
b)
Yorktown
c)
Bunker Hill
d)
Lexington and Concord
17.
Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Sugar Acts
c)
Quartering Acts
d)
Stamp Acts
18.
After the Treaty of Paris 1783, what was the new natural boundary of the United States?
a)
Appalachian Moutains
b)
Ohio River Valley
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Great Lakes
19.
Which group is in the correct order?
a)
Yorktown, Valley Forge, Saratoga, Lexington and Concord
b)
Lexington/Concord, Saratoga, Valley Forge, and Yorktown
c)
Lexington/Concord, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown
d)
Valley Forge, Yorktown, Lexington/Concord, and Saratoga
20.
The French began to support the Americans after this battle
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Yorktown
c)
Saratoga
d)
Treaty of French
21.
Soldiers froze here because of the harsh winter
a)
Paris
b)
Valley Forge
c)
Rio Grande Valley
d)
Yorktown
22.
Who was the opponent at Valley Forge?
a)
Winter, starvation, disease
b)
British
c)
French
d)
Indians
23.
Who commanded the Continental Army?
a)
Henry Knox
b)
John Hancock
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
George Washington
24.
Puritans generally settled in what region?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
25.
Which colonial region is being described:
-natural harbors
-coastal
-economic opportunities
-easily approached by ships from Europe
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
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