WorksheetsRevolution Government
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
What prevented Europeans from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
What did the English require to be purchased only from the East India Company to keep from going bankrupt?
Tea
Coffee
Corn
Tobacco
What are people's inalienable rights according to the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happines
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech and Right to Bear Arms
This document further limited the King's abilities?
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
What are the 3 branches of government that separation of powers creates?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
President, Vice President, Cabinet
Senate, House, Congress
Army, Navy, Marine Corps
During this event, colonists dumped a beverage into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
The Siege of Boston
The Great Molasses Flood
Common Sense was written by whom?
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Joe Biden
In which town did the "shot heard 'round the world" take place?
Lexington
Boston
New York
Nashville
Which group of people drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Second Continental Congress
Senate
Republicans
House of Representatives
Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army at the Second Continental Congress?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
Joe Biden
What was the name of the last ditch effort by the colonists to try to keep peace with Britain?
Olive Branch Petition
Magna Carta
Boston Tea Party
The Treaty of Massachusetts
The main reason Britain started to tax the colonists was.....
To pay for frontier troops and the French and Indian War
To pay for the Inaugural Ball
To pay for the King's Birthday Party
To pay for the American Civil War
The main reason for the Declaratory Act was....
So that Parliament had total authority to impose laws and taxes on the colonists
To warn the colonists not to separate from Britain
So that the American colonists had an opportunity to vote on taxes and laws
To give the American colonists their independence
The goals of the Sons of Liberty were to......
Organize protests against the British Empire and their unfair taxes
Start a war
Kill the King
Organize gatherings where the British soldiers and colonists got together
The goals of the Daughters of Liberty were to......
Organize protests against the British Empire and their unfair taxes
Refuse to buy British products
Take care of the British soldiers
Organize gatherings where the British soldiers and colonists got together
What event caused the Intolerable Acts to be passed?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Taxation Without Representation
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Intolerable acts punished which colony?
Massachusetts
New York
Georgia
Rhode Island
Which colony was not represented at the First Continental Congress?
Massachusetts
New York
Georgia
Rhode Island
Which of the following are grievances in the Declaration of Independence?
Taxes without consent
Cut off trade with the rest of the world
Refusing the right to bear arms
Not allowing a fair trial
Which event ended with colonists being wounded and killed and increased tensions between the British and the colonists?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
The Siege of Boston
The Great Molasses Flood
What is an action that members of the First Continental Congress agreed upon in Sept 1774?
Ban all trade with Britain
Write the Constitution
Create an army
Throw a party for the king
What did the Quartering Act in 1765 allow?
British military personnel to be housed and fed by colonists
British military personnel to be paid a weekly allowance by the colonists
British military personnel to take vacations whenever they wanted
British military personnel to have 4 square meals a day
What did The Stamp Act of 1765 put taxes on?
All Paper Products
Tea
All imported goods
Vegetables
What did Common Sense argue for?
Separation from the King
Freedom of speech
Peace for all
No taxation without representation
What was the pre-Revolution resistance motto of the colonists?
"No Taxation Without Representation!"
"One Nation, One Struggle, One Destiny!"
"No Liberation Without Education!"
"It Takes A Revolution To Make A Solution!"
The Declaration of Independence was mostly written by whom?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Hanncock
Thomas Eddison
What document, for the first time, limited the power of the king?
Olive Branch Petition
Magna Carta
The Constitution
The Treaty of Massachusetts
This act's purpose was to stop the smuggling of things such as wine and coffee in and out of the colonies.
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
Quartering Act
The Declaration of Independence was signed on what date?
July 4, 1776
June 1, 1975
May 9, 1791
August 16, 2006
Select all of the following that are a part of the Declaration of Independence.
Preamble
List of Grievances
Resolution of Independence
Bills of Rights
The purpose of government according to the Declaration of Independence was what?
To secure the right's of the people
To ensure job security
Make sure the king had all the power
To create a judicial system
Which of the following reinforced the idea that there were rights that English subjects had that the king could not violate?
Petition of Right
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Rights and Responsibilities Act
What is based on custom and decisions of the court?
Common Law
Feudalism
Rule of Law
Parliament
What is a system of government based on control of land between royalty, nobility and common people?
Common Law
Feudalism
Rule of Law
Parliament
What is it called when everyone must follow the law, even the government?
Common Law
Feudalism
Rule of Law
Charter
What do you call a person under the rule of a monarch?
Indentured servant
Predicate
Subject
Working Class
What is a legal document that granted land with the right to start a colony on it?
Affidavit
Contract
Land Contract
Charter
What is a search warrant that allowed Navel officers to board ships to check for smuggled goods?
Enlistment papers
Arrest warrant
Writs of assistance
Charter
What is the legislative body of the British government called?
Parliament
Congress
Supreme Court
Councils
This was used to make sure that every colony knew about the events and opinions in the other colonies.
Committees of Correspondence
Joint Committee of Opinions
Event Planning Committee
Committee of Invitations
