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Pre-AP Unit 2 Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which set of events is listed in chronological order?

a)

I

b)

II

c)

III

d)

IV

2.

How might Grenville have attempted to resolve the problem of taxing the colonists, based on the views in the excerpt?

a)

impose new taxes on the colonists without their consent

b)

arrange for some form of colonial representation in Parliament

c)

impose higher taxes in Britain to meet colonial expenses

d)

reduce the number of unpopular taxes on the colonists

3.

According to the map above, the earliest Revolutionary War battles occurred in the area known as?

a)

West of Proclamation Line

b)

Middle Colonies/Breadbasket Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Along Spanish Colonial Border

4.

How did the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolution significantly affect the United States economically and politically?

a)

The Continental Army suffered losses of men and resources

b)

Great Britain’s morale was boosted following the battle

c)

The Dutch began to provide monetary support

d)

France was persuaded to provide money, ships, and military support

5.

Which of these resulted from the event shown in the illustration above?

a)

The British army became discouraged about the news of this event and considered surrendering to the Continental army

b)

The Colonists endured many hardships throughout the war and continued the fight for American independence

c)

The conditions caused many soldiers to leave, thus ending the achievement of American independence

d)

This scene proved to be the turning point in the war for American independence and resulted in more men enlisting to fight

6.

Which of the following British acts resulted in the grievance above being included in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

The Navigation Acts

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Sugar Act

7.

According to the Declaration of Independence,“life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are —

a)

subject to the King’s will

b)

privileges enjoyed by the nobility

c)

unalienable rights that belong to every citizen

d)

rights of freeborn Englishmen guaranteed by Magna Carta

8.

Which of the following is one reason the British government created the Proclamation Line of 1763?

a)

to stop the movement of plantations and slaves into the Ohio Valley

b)

to create an area of colonies for people held in British prisons and jails

c)

to prevent conflict between colonists and American Indians in the Ohio Valley

d)

to allow officials to plan an orderly process of making colonies in the Ohio Valley

9.

To what is the Scotsman Adam Smith referring in the above statement?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Tariffs

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Revolution

10.

The list above describes the life of Benjamin Franklin. Which of the following completes the timeline?

a)

advised Washington on use of troops

b)

wrote the Constitution of the United States

c)

negotiated Treaty of Alliance with France

d)

founded the colony of Pennsylvania

11.

Jefferson encouraged education in order to promote which of these civic virtues?

a)

supporting public programs

b)

participation in democracy

c)

private donations to charity

d)

obedience of federal law

12.

Which of the following completes the graphic organizer above?

a)

Reasons for creating the United States Constitution

b)

Charges against the King in the Magna Carta

c)

Purposes for writing the Mayflower Compact

d)

Grievances in the Declaration of Independence

13.

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by...

a)

Restricting colonial trade with American Indians

b)

Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture

c)

Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

d)

Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament

14.

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Concord

c)

Trenton

d)

Yorktown

15.

The Continental Congress issued this commission to...

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

John Hancock

d)

George Washington

16.

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

a)

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country

b)

Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved

c)

The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service

d)

British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France

17.

This list includes rights that are considered...

a)

Transferable

b)

Legislated

c)

Unalienable

d)

Inherited

18.

All of the events listed above occurred during...

a)

The era of westward expansion

b)

The Era of Good Feelings

c)

The Revolutionary era

d)

The Jacksonian era

19.

The actions described in this excerpt were carried out in order to...

a)

Encourage the outbreak of war between England and France

b)

Force the British government to grant their American colonies independence

c)

End trade disagreements between colonists and French traders

d)

Protest a British policy of taxation on tea

20.

Who was the author of the pamphlet Common Sense, which convinced many colonists to join the Patriot cause?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Paine

21.

The Boston Tea Party was an early example of a form of protest called [two words, all lower case], which means deliberately breaking the law because the law is unfair.

(a)  

22.

John Locke began the idea called [two words, all lower case] theory, which states that people create governments to protect their rights, and that governments get their power from the “consent of the governed” meaning the permission of the people.


Answer

(a)  

23.

The French and Indian War helped lead to the American Revolution because it put Britain in a lot of [one word, all lower case] meaning they owed money, which led to them raising taxes on the colonies.

(a)  

24.

The last battle of the Revolutionary War was the Battle of [one word, capitalize first letter] in which Washington’s Continental Army trapped British Gen. Cornwallis’s army and made him surrender in 1781.

(a)  

25.

The main author of the Declaration of Independence was [two words, first and last name, capitalize first letter of each .

(a)