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American Revolution test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"no taxation without ...."

a)

representation!

b)

inflation!

c)

nonimportation!

d)

declaration!

2.

What was the cause of fighting in North America during the French and Indian War?

a)

Taxation without representation

b)

Both the French and British wanted the Ohio River Valley

c)

Both the French and British wanted the Mississippi River

d)

British take over of the French fur trade

3.

Who led the colonial forces and then served as an aide to the British leadership during the French and Indian War?

a)

William Pitt

b)

George Washington

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Thomas Jefferson

4.

After the French and Indian War, the British asked the colonies to

a)

return territory to the French

b)

give up their weapons and disband their army

c)

pay their share of the war's cost, helping ease England's debt

d)

join the Anglican church

5.

After the French and Indian war, the British perspective of the colonists ___, while they colonists perspective of themselves ____.

a)

remained the same, decreased

b)

decreased, increased

c)

increased, increased

d)

decreased, decreased

6.

After the French and Indian War, French claims in America were

a)

doubled

b)

expanded

c)

unaffected

d)

virtually eliminated

7.

What TWO things did the leaders of the Albany Conference hope to achieve?

a)

French Alliance and Independence

b)

Alliance with the Algonquin and French victory

c)

Alliance with the Iroquois and Unity of the Colonies

d)

British military victory and Colonial unity

8.

The British won the French and Indian war but were immediately challenged with what after the war?

a)

the American Revolution

b)

Native uprising

c)

a massive war debt

d)

an overthrow of the king

9.

The leaders at the Albany Conference suggested colonial unity. What was this plan called?

a)

the Albany Plan of Union

b)

the Albany Plan to Unify the Colonies

c)

the First Continental Congress

d)

the Colonial Plan of Connection

10.

Required local officials to provide lodging for British soldiers in private homes

a)

The Currency Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Quartering Act

11.

The colonists protested the stamp act by refusing to

a)

buy stamps

b)

sell goods to British soldiers

c)

allow troops into their homes

d)

buy British goods

12.

When placing taxes on the colonists, the British felt they were

a)

given permission by the colonists

b)

being cruel

c)

acting wrongly

d)

justified

13.

An event where the colonists, while disguised, boarded British ships and threw tea into the harbor to protest British tyranny.

a)

the First Continental Congress

b)

the Boston Massacre

c)

the Battle of Lexington and Concord

d)

the Boston Tea Party

14.

This act required colonists to pay extra taxes on most printed material such as newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.

a)

the Stamp Act

b)

the Sugar Act

c)

the Tea Act

d)

the Paper Goods Act

15.

Prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

the French and Indian War

c)

the Boston Tea Party

d)

Quartering Act

16.

Event that was caused by colonists taunting British soldiers

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

the Boston Massacre

d)

The Townshend Acts

17.

This act expanded the territory of Quebec and appointed a government to rule over that territory.

a)

the Proclamation of 1763

b)

the Tea Act

c)

the Sugar Act

d)

the Quebec Act

18.

After the Boston Massacre, the British repealed the

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Coercive Acts

19.

For the colonists, it wasn't necessarily the taxes that were upsetting, but rather the

a)

excessive representation they had to provide

b)

wording of them

c)

lack of consistency

d)

precedent they were setting

20.

This act worried colonial merchants that were now competing with lower prices and served as another unconstitutional tax on the colonists.

a)

the Stamp Act

b)

the Tea Act

c)

the Quartering Act

d)

the Currency Act

21.

Which was not an idea expressed by the First Continental Congress?

a)

Loyalty to the King

b)

Declaration of American Independence

c)

Enforced boycott of British goods

d)

Condemnation of the Coercive acts

22.

Which acts were passed as a way to punish Massachusetts and to end colonial challenges to British authority?

a)

Townshend acts

b)

Coercive acts

c)

Tea act

d)

Stamp act

23.

The Intolerable Acts were a combination of which acts?

a)

the Coercive acts + the Quebec act

b)

the Tea act + the Sugar act

c)

the Townshend acts + the Quebec act

d)

the Coercive act + the Townshend acts

24.

Common Sense was a wildly popular document in support of independence. Who wrote it?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

George Washington

d)

Paul Revere

25.

Why did the British go to Concord?

a)

to build an American home for the king

b)

to seize the militia supplies that were stored there

c)

to punish farmers for not selling crops to the British

d)

to support the Massachusetts Congress that was located there

26.

The official conflict of the American Revolution began in which Massachusetts town?

a)

Lexington

b)

Boston

c)

Philidelphia

d)

Saratoga

27.

The Colonists didn't win the battle of Bunker Hill, but they

a)

felt inspired by the damage they inflicted on the British forces.

b)

told everyone it was a win

c)

still achieved an alliance with the French

d)

stole all of the British supplies

28.

The Second Continental Congress adopted the Militia to make the Continental Army. Who did they put in charge?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

29.

What was Valley Forge?

a)

a successful American military campaign

b)

the American war base for the entire Revolution

c)

a major turning point in the British war effort

d)

a brutal winter where the colonial forces struggled to survive

30.

Which battle was a major turning point - prompting the French to join in an alliance with the US forces?

a)

Monmouth

b)

Trenton

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

31.

What was the king's response to the Olive Branch Petition?

a)

he loved it

b)

he accepted it

c)

he argued with it

d)

he ignored it

32.

A weakness of the U.S. troops was that they were

a)

inexperienced

b)

fighting in foreign territory

c)

united under a common cause

d)

involved in an alliance with the French

33.

A weakness of the British troops was that they were

a)

well trained

b)

well equipped

c)

very large

d)

not all in support of the war

34.

British General Cornwallis was surrounded by who in Yorktown?

a)

The Continental army on land and the French navy at sea

b)

the French from all sides

c)

the Native Americans from the East and the Continental army from the West

d)

the French from the North and the Continental army from the South

35.

The hit and run technique used by the American forces during the war is known as...

a)

Minutemen

b)

Traditional Fighting

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

Trench Warfare

36.

The Second Continental Congress attempted peace with which document?

a)

Common Sense

b)

The Olive Branch Petition

c)

The Declaration of Rights and Grievances

d)

The Declaration of Independence

37.

Battle at which the British surrender, marking the end of the war.

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Monmouth

38.

Which treaty ended the American Revolution?

a)

the Colonial Treaty

b)

the Treaty of Paris

c)

the Treaty of London

d)

the Treaty of Independence

39.

In 1781, the Continental Army defeated the British troops for the final time at Yorktown. What British leader surrendered to General George Washington?

a)

William Pitt

b)

General Howe

c)

General Cornwallis

d)

General Braddock

40.

Companies of civilian soldiers who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice.

a)

loyalists

b)

redcoats

c)

minutemen

d)

militia

41.

At the end of the war, the colonists look to set up a government where the power is held by the people but exercised through elected officials.. what kind of government is this?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Republic

42.

Which of the following was a positive change for women following the war?

a)

right to vote

b)

wider access to education

c)

there were none

d)

full equality

43.

The Treaty of Paris ended the war and officially

a)

put a new king in charge of the 13 colonies

b)

recognized the US as an independent nation

c)

reunited the British and the 13 colonies

d)

put France in charge of the 13 colonies

44.

Following the war, many loyalists

a)

felt unaccepted in society and fled the colonies

b)

stepped up to be great leaders in the new states

c)

continued to fight patriots

d)

signed oaths of changed loyalty, pledging allegiance to America instead

45.

New ideas of liberty and equality led to

a)

a complete removal of slavery from America

b)

an inclusion of Native Americans in the new nation

c)

more significant moves toward emancipation of slaves

d)

harsher policies dealing with women and slaves

46.

Describe the influence of Native American tribes during the French and Indian War, both positive and negative.

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47.

Describe the British mindset when taxing the colonies. Did they feel they were ok in what they were doing? How did the colonists respond?

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48.

Briefly describe the beliefs of loyalists versus those of patriots.

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49.

What does the American Declaration of Independence include? What did this document achieve?

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50.

What advantages and disadvantages did the colonists have during the Revolution? What about the British?

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