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US history chapter 4 review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

Wars that start over money.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

2.

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

a)

Overthrow the government

b)

Petition the government for their rights

c)

Nothing, the people don't have rights

3.

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Fame

d)

Property (pursuit of happiness)

4.

British law that put a tax on legal documents such as newspapers, playing cards and dice.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Quartering Acts

d)

Olive Branch Petition

5.

A refusal to buy goods or services.

a)

Boycott

b)

Repeal

c)

Forbade

d)

Ratify

6.

A British law that taxed imported goods such as paint, glass, paper and tea.

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Boston Massacre

7.

The shooting of five Bostonians by British soldiers on March 5th, 1770.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Committee of Correspondence

d)

Writs of Assistance

8.

Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists without paying a tax.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Stamp Act

9.

Protest in which Bostonians, dressed as Native Americans, dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor.

a)

Olive Branch Petition

b)

Writs of Assistance

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Boston Massacre

10.

A series of laws made to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

11.

Groups of colonists who wrote letters to inform and unite colonists against British rule.

a)

Writs of Assistance

b)

Committee of Correspondence

c)

Propaganda

d)

Proclamation Line

12.

An offering of peace by the colonists to the King of England ad Parliament.

a)

Repeal

b)

Olive Branch Petition

c)

Nonimportation Agreements

d)

Proclamation Line

13.

Colonists who protested British taxes and wanted independence from England.

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

c)

Boycott

d)

Forbade

14.

Colonists who stayed loyal to the King of England and Parliament.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

c)

Ratify

d)

Repeal

15.

To give permission

a)

Consent

b)

Ratify

c)

Forbade

d)

Boycott

16.

The spreading of ideas to help a particular cause and hurt another.

a)

Propaganda

b)

Consent

c)

Boycott

d)

Ratify

17.
What was the name of the battle in which the Patriots finally defeated the British once and for all?
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of New Jersey
c)
Battle of Yorktown
d)
Valley Vorge
18.
Who was the French nobleman who helped the Patriots fight the British?
a)
Bernardo de Galvez
b)
Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Baron von Steuben
d)
Lord Dunmore
19.
Which of the following events took place last?
a)
The Declaration of Independence was issued.
b)
The 2nd Continental Congress met.
c)
The battles of Lexington and Concord occurred.
d)
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place.
20.
Why was the Patriots' victory at the Battle of Saratoga so important to the American cause?
a)
It allowed the Declaration of Independence to be issued.
b)
It forced the British army to retreat from Boston.
c)
It convinced France to aid the colonies in their fight.
d)
It caused the British government to give up the war.
21.
The Declaration of Independence's claim that people have a right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" shows the influence of what earlier Enlightenment thinker?
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Rousseau 
22.
What actions did the Second Continental Congress take?
a)
created Continental Army, chose G. Washington to command, halted trade.
b)
Sent Olive Branch Petition, alerted militias.
c)
Elected G. Washington as President and commander of America.
d)
created Continental Army, chose G. Washington to command, sent Olive Branch Petition
23.
In a democracy, the power to rule comes from
a)
God
b)
the King
c)
the People
d)
the Congress
24.

"Cruel and oppressive government or government rule" is the definition of...

a)

Democracy

b)

Capitalism

c)

Tyranny

d)

Friendship

25.
What was the name for the colonial military force created to fight the British?
a)
mercenaries
b)
Redcoats
c)
Hessians
d)
Continental Army
26.
African American who was the first to be killed at the Boston Massacre. 
a)
James Armistead
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Crispus Attucks
d)
Franklin Douglas
27.
The Sons of Liberty were founded by John Hancock and ___.
a)
George Washington
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Sam Adams
d)
John Adams
28.

OFFICIALLY gives colonists independence and sets boundaries for the new nation

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Treaty of Paris 1783

c)

Yorktown

d)

2nd Continental Congress

29.
How did France help win the war?
a)
Send ships, supplies, and soldiers
b)
Send food
c)
They didn't help
30.

Which country assisted the Americans in the revolution

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

31.

·Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...

a)

explain to Britain why they should end the quartering act

b)

influence more people to join the independence movement.

c)

to join the Loyalist party

d)

abide by the Intolerable acts

32.

Thomas Jefferson is best remembered for writing the ______________.

a)

Constitution

b)

Declaration of Independence

33.

During the American Revolution, George Washington...

a)

was a loyalist

b)

participated in the Boston Tea Party

c)

was Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

d)

wrote the Declaration of Independence

34.

to charge high prices for goods that are in short supply

a)

money

b)

patriot

c)

profiteering

d)

inflation

35.

A belief in the equality of all people; a society of equals.

a)

Liberty

b)

Egalitarianism

c)

E Pluribus Unum

d)

Declaration of Independence

36.
This is what it's called when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods (it happens when more money is printed by the government)
a)
siege
b)
mercenary
c)
ration
d)
inflation
37.
Who was the Prussian officer who helped "whip" the Continental Army into shape at Valley Forge?
a)
Baron von Steuben
b)
Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Otto von Bismarck
d)
Wilhelm Wundt
38.

American soldiers made camp and froze here because of the harsh winter

a)

Paris

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Rio Grande Valley

d)

Yorktown

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