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Revolution Government

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What prevented Europeans from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

2.

What did the English require to be purchased only from the East India Company to keep from going bankrupt?

a)

Tea

b)

Coffee

c)

Corn

d)

Tobacco

3.

What are people's inalienable rights according to the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happines

b)

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

c)

Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech and Right to Bear Arms

4.

This document further limited the King's abilities?

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Declaration of Independence

5.

What are the 3 branches of government that separation of powers creates?

a)

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

b)

President, Vice President, Cabinet

c)

Senate, House, Congress

d)

Army, Navy, Marine Corps

6.

During this event, colonists dumped a beverage into the Boston Harbor.

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

The Siege of Boston

d)

The Great Molasses Flood

7.

Common Sense was written by whom?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

George Washington

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Joe Biden

8.

In which town did the "shot heard 'round the world" take place?

a)

Lexington

b)

Boston

c)

New York

d)

Nashville

9.

Which group of people drafted the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Second Continental Congress

b)

Senate

c)

Republicans

d)

House of Representatives

10.

Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army at the Second Continental Congress?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Adams

d)

Joe Biden

11.

What was the name of the last ditch effort by the colonists to try to keep peace with Britain?

a)

Olive Branch Petition

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

The Treaty of Massachusetts

12.

The main reason Britain started to tax the colonists was.....

a)

To pay for frontier troops and the French and Indian War

b)

To pay for the Inaugural Ball

c)

To pay for the King's Birthday Party

d)

To pay for the American Civil War

13.

The main reason for the Declaratory Act was....

a)

So that Parliament had total authority to impose laws and taxes on the colonists

b)

To warn the colonists not to separate from Britain

c)

So that the American colonists had an opportunity to vote on taxes and laws

d)

To give the American colonists their independence

14.

The goals of the Sons of Liberty were to......

a)

Organize protests against the British Empire and their unfair taxes

b)

Start a war

c)

Kill the King

d)

Organize gatherings where the British soldiers and colonists got together

15.

The goals of the Daughters of Liberty were to......

a)

Organize protests against the British Empire and their unfair taxes

b)

Refuse to buy British products

c)

Take care of the British soldiers

d)

Organize gatherings where the British soldiers and colonists got together

16.

What event caused the Intolerable Acts to be passed?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Taxation Without Representation

d)

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

17.

The Intolerable acts punished which colony?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

New York

c)

Georgia

d)

Rhode Island

18.

Which colony was not represented at the First Continental Congress?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

New York

c)

Georgia

d)

Rhode Island

19.

Which of the following are grievances in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Taxes without consent

b)

Cut off trade with the rest of the world

c)

Refusing the right to bear arms

d)

Not allowing a fair trial

20.

Which event ended with colonists being wounded and killed and increased tensions between the British and the colonists?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

The Siege of Boston

d)

The Great Molasses Flood

21.

What is an action that members of the First Continental Congress agreed upon in Sept 1774?

a)

Ban all trade with Britain

b)

Write the Constitution

c)

Create an army

d)

Throw a party for the king

22.

What did the Quartering Act in 1765 allow?

a)

British military personnel to be housed and fed by colonists

b)

British military personnel to be paid a weekly allowance by the colonists

c)

British military personnel to take vacations whenever they wanted

d)

British military personnel to have 4 square meals a day

23.

What did The Stamp Act of 1765 put taxes on?

a)

All Paper Products

b)

Tea

c)

All imported goods

d)

Vegetables

24.

What did Common Sense argue for?

a)

Separation from the King

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Peace for all

d)

No taxation without representation

25.

What was the pre-Revolution resistance motto of the colonists?

a)

"No Taxation Without Representation!"

b)

"One Nation, One Struggle, One Destiny!"

c)

"No Liberation Without Education!"

d)

"It Takes A Revolution To Make A Solution!"

26.

The Declaration of Independence was mostly written by whom?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Hanncock

d)

Thomas Eddison

27.

What document, for the first time, limited the power of the king?

a)

Olive Branch Petition

b)

Magna Carta

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Treaty of Massachusetts

28.

This act's purpose was to stop the smuggling of things such as wine and coffee in and out of the colonies.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Quartering Act

29.

The Declaration of Independence was signed on what date?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

June 1, 1975

c)

May 9, 1791

d)

August 16, 2006

30.

Select all of the following that are a part of the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Preamble

b)

List of Grievances

c)

Resolution of Independence

d)

Bills of Rights

31.

The purpose of government according to the Declaration of Independence was what?

a)

To secure the right's of the people

b)

To ensure job security

c)

Make sure the king had all the power

d)

To create a judicial system

32.

Which of the following reinforced the idea that there were rights that English subjects had that the king could not violate?

a)

Petition of Right

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Constitution

d)

Rights and Responsibilities Act

33.

What is based on custom and decisions of the court?

a)

Common Law

b)

Feudalism

c)

Rule of Law

d)

Parliament

34.

What is a system of government based on control of land between royalty, nobility and common people?

a)

Common Law

b)

Feudalism

c)

Rule of Law

d)

Parliament

35.

What is it called when everyone must follow the law, even the government?

a)

Common Law

b)

Feudalism

c)

Rule of Law

d)

Charter

36.

What do you call a person under the rule of a monarch?

a)

Indentured servant

b)

Predicate

c)

Subject

d)

Working Class

37.

What is a legal document that granted land with the right to start a colony on it?

a)

Affidavit

b)

Contract

c)

Land Contract

d)

Charter

38.

What is a search warrant that allowed Navel officers to board ships to check for smuggled goods?

a)

Enlistment papers

b)

Arrest warrant

c)

Writs of assistance

d)

Charter

39.

What is the legislative body of the British government called?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Councils

40.

This was used to make sure that every colony knew about the events and opinions in the other colonies.

a)

Committees of Correspondence

b)

Joint Committee of Opinions

c)

Event Planning Committee

d)

Committee of Invitations