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WorksheetsChapter 4 Section 2 Quiz
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
What action would a Loyalist have been likely to take during the Revolution?
Attend Second Continental Congress
Support the Olive Branch Petition
Support the Declaration of Independence
Join the Continental Army
The resolution by Richard Henry Lee for independence was voted on after much debate by the Second Continental Congress on this date
February 16, 1775
July 4, 1776
July 2, 1776
July 4, 1791
That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;" From which document did the above excerpt most likely come from?
Declaration Of Rights
Olive Branch Petition
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Which committee member has a pen/quill in his hand?
Roger Sherman
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
Thomas Paine
The colonial grievance listed below corresponds to which action taken by Great Britain?"For cutting off our trade to all parts of the world."
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
The Declaration of Independence states that the new States have all the powers any other nation has. Which of the following is NOT one of those named in the Declaration?
the right to conclude peace
the right to tax colonies
the right to wage war
the right to conclude peace
What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?
Boycott British goods
Made their own goods
Decided they didn't need goods
Stopped paying all of their taxes
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that you are born with that the government cannot take away
Rights that you are born with that government takes away
rights for aliens
Government is needed to promote equality of rights
Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Housing Act
Which came first?
the beginning of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord
the Declaration of Independence
The colonial theory of government
The colonial theory of government
Grievances of the colonists against Britain
False rumors spread by colonial newspapers
The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?
Love Letter
Treaty
Break-up letter
Constitution
What is the purpose of the following lines from the declaration?
"He has dissolved our legislative assemblies"
“ He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies ” “For imposing taxes on us without consent”
“ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury”
To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government
To give examples of complaints against the American government, asking King George III to fix them
To request that the king protect certain rights and complain about rights that colonists didn't have
An effect of the French and Indian War
Quartering Act
Colonists taxed to pay for the war
Boycott of imported goods
Boston Tea Party
Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?
To pay for the French and Indian War
Because the King felt like it
Because they wanted a revolution
They owed a lot of money to China
What is the connection between natural/unalienable rights and government?
government is meant to provide services
people have the right to alter government
people have certain unalienable rights
government is meant to protect rights
To whom were the signers writing this "break-up letter" to ?
The world
King George
George Washington
No one
Was John Hancock the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
True
False
What character trait describes John Hancock?
Lazy
Brave
Careful
Fearful
Military Leader of the continental army?
George Washington
Paul Revere
John Hancock
John Paul Jones
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Paul Revere
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Famous for saying,"Give me liberty,or give me death!" in a speech urging Virginia to join the war against Great Britain.
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
John Adams
George Washington
British author who immigrated to the colonies prior to the start of the war.Wrote the pamphlet,common sense,which urged the colonists to go to war with Great Britain for their Independence
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Explain the Significance of Crispus Attucks.
First of five to die in the Boston Massacre
First of five to die in the Civil War
First of five to die in the Sons of Liberty
First of five to die in the Boston Tea Party
Explain the Significance of Paul Revere
Commander of the Continental Army
Took part in the Boston Massacre
Writer of Common Sense
Soldier and Messenger during the American Revolution.
What happened as the Redcoats marched back to Boston after they left Concord?
The Redcoats burned every home
The Colonists ambushed them all the way
The Redcoats killed every colonist
The phrase "don't fire until you see the white's of their eyes" means......
shoot them in the face
wait until they are close
aim small miss small
keep shooting
Why did the British win the Battle of Bunker Hill?
the Redcoats were on the high ground
the Colonists ran out of ammunition
a storm moved in and flooded the area
the Colonists were professional soldiers
Who volunteered for the impossible 300 mile journey in the dead of winter to bring valuable cannons to George Washington?
Benedict Arnold
Henry Knox
Ethan Allen
Benjamin Franklin
The DOI and the Mayflower Compact both call for...
(a)
PICK 3****We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal... Which 3 groups were left out of the DOI?
Natives
Women
Slaves
children
Immigrants
....That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are____________,___________, &the pursuit of happiness
(a)
