WorksheetsChapter 7 Test Review
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 39mins
What word was a fancy word for meeting but is part of the US government today?
Meeting
Government
Congress
Legislation
Who were the two men that warned the colonists that the Redcoats were on their way? (Select All That Apply)
Paul Revere
Robert Newman
Patrick Henry
John Adams
William Dawes
Who was on the committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence? (Select All That Apply)
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
What are the parts of the Declaration of Independence? (Select All That Apply)
Table of Contents
Preamble
Declaration of Natural Rights
List of Grievances
Resolution of Independence by the United States
What was the name of the local militia in Lexington that could be ready to fight in a minute?
Lexington Boys
Minutemen
Greenboys
Blue Coats
What was the plan to unite the colonies proposed by Benjamin Franklin?
Colony Plan of Union
Albany Plan of Union
British Plan of Union
Colonial Plan of Union
When was the letter sent to every colonial legislature urging them to petition Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts?
March 1768
February 1768
January 1768
April 1768
What event occurred on March 5, 1770?
The American Revolutionary War
The Boston Massacre
George Washington was born
The Declaration of Independence was signed
Who was the cousin of Samuel Adams that would be the lawyer to represent the British troops in the Boston Massacre trial?
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
George Washington
Paul Revere
What is a situation whereby one company has complete control of an entire market?
CONTROL
Monopoly
Communism
Free Market Economy
What is a formal expression of opinion?
Resolve
Resolution
Complaint
A "Karen" statement
What is conducting secret/illegal trade?
Illegal Trade
Smuggling
Under-the-Table Dealing
Street Market
What is a protest in which people don't purchase controversial items?
Protest
Boycott
A strike
Refusal
What is also known as an introductory section?
Prequal
Preamble
Prologue
Table of Contents
What is also known as complaints?
Whining
Grievances
Complaint
A "Karen" statement
What means rule by an often harsh absolute power?
Democracy
Tyranny
Oligarchy
Monarchy
What was passed by Great Britain in April 1773 that placed a tax on tea?
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
What event occurred on December 16, 1773 where the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor?
British Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Incident
The Tea Taboo
What was passed in 1774 to punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea Party and closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for?
Coercive Acts
Tea Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
When was the Gaspee burned?
May 1772
June 1772
July 1772
August 1772
When were the Townshend acts repealed?
February 1770
March 1770
January 1770
April 1770
What was the rallying cry that Samuel Adams raised in a Boston town meeting?
No Taxation Without Colonial Consent
No Taxation Without Representation
No Taxation Without Confirmation
No Taxation Without Defamation
Who was the victim of the Boston Massacre that was a son of African American and Wampanoag patents that became a hero of the colonial cause?
Josiah Quincy
Crispus Attucks
John Adams
Javarius Vishawn
Who was the Boston lawyer that co-founded the Sons of Liberty and raised the rallying cry, "No Taxation Without Representation"?
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Javarius Vishawn
What is a professional army maintained even in peacetime?
Professional Army
Standing Army
Maintained Army
Colonial Army
What was passed in April 1764 that placed a tax on foreign sugar and certain luxuries?
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
What occurred in October 1765 in New York to determine that only elected officials could approve taxes?
First Continental Congress
Stamp Act Congress
Second Continental Congress
Sugar Act Congress
What was passed in March 1765 that stated colonists had to provide shelter and food for British soldiers?
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
What was passed in March 1765 that placed a tax on all printed materials?
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
What means to undo a law?
Repeal
Undo
REVOTE
JURISTICTION
When was the Stamp Act repealed by Parliament?
March 1765
March 1775
March 1666
March 1766
Which secret society did Samuel Adams cofound?
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
The Illuminati
Free Masons
What was the name of the secret society formed by women in the colonies that would be the first political involvement by women in America?
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
The Illuminati
Free Masons
What was passed in 1767 that placed a tax on imported tea, glass, and paper?
Declaratory Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
What was passed in March 1766 to remind the colonies who made the laws?
Declaratory Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Act
Townshend Act
What is a crime against a government to which one should be loyal?
GOVERNMENTAL CRIME
TREASON
DISLOYALTY
BETRAYAL
When was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
April 19, 1775
April 16, 2021
April 16, 1776
July 4, 1776
When was the First Continental Congress held?
September - October 1774
June - July 1774
April - May 1774
November - December 1774
When was the Second Continental Congress held?
1775 - 1781
1775 - 1778
1775 - 1776
1775 - 1779
What were colonists that supported independence called?
Patriots
Loyalists
What were colonists that remained loyal to Britain called?
Patriots
Loyalists
When was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
July 4, 1776
July 17, 1778
June 17, 1775
June 17, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Second Continental Congress?
July 4, 1776
July 4, 1778
July 4, 1777
July 4, 1775
When was the Olive Branch Petition sent from the colonies to King George III?
July 4, 1776
July 17, 1775
June 17, 1775
July 5, 1775
Who was appointed Commander of the Colonial Army at the Second Continental Congress?
John Adams
Paul Revere
William Prescott
George Washington
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense in January 1776?
John Adams
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
On June 7, 1776, who introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress calling the colonies free and independent states?
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Henry Lee
What stated that colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Declaration of 1763
Land Forbiddance of 1763
Land Ban of 1763
Proclamation of 1763
What occurred in 1763 where Chief Pontiac led attacks on colonial settlements on the western frontier?
Native Rebellion
Indian Rebellion
British Rebellion
Pontiac's Rebellion
What did Paul Revere shout during his famous Midnight Ride?
The British are coming!
The Regulars are coming!
The Redcoats are coming!
The Noncolonials are coming!
What do Americans celebrate on July 4?
Flag Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Memorial Day
What often happened to stamp agents in the colonies?
They were genuinely left alone
They were tarred and feathered
They were shot on sight
They were paid and went about their day
What did Colonel William Prescott command his men to do during the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Fire at will!
Not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
Aim small, miss small.
Aim for the neck.
What was said by Patrick Henry during the Second Virginia Convention?
No Taxation Without Representation!
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
God Save The Queen!
Long Live Britannia!
When did the British retreat Boston and flee to Canada after being defeated by the Patriots?
July 4, 1776
March 17, 1776
April 5, 1776
July 2, 1776
When did the Second Continental Congress unanimously pass Lee's Resolution?
July 4, 1776
March 17, 1776
April 5, 1776
July 2, 1776
Who was Thomas Paine blaming personally in Common Sense for the bad relationship between Britain and the colonies?
The Colonial Leaders
Nobody
Parliament
King George III
Where were the letters that stated Taxes cannot be levied without the consent of colonial representatives sent from?
A farmer in Georgia
A farmer in New York
A farmer in Virginia
A farmer in Pennsylvania
What occurred between 1772 - 1774 where each colony established a Patriot led government that opposed British policies and became a communication network between the colonies?
The American Revolution
The First Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence
What called on the colonists to form militias and declared the Intolerable Acts null and void?
Committees of Correspondence
The First Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress
The Suffolk Resolves
What means "out of many, one" in Latin?
Sic Parvis Magna
Carpe Diem
Desde Largo, Pequeño
E Pluribus Unum
What happened at the Battle of Lexington and Concord that is known as the first shot of the Revolutionary War?
The First Strike
The Shot Heard 'Round The World
Strike First, Strike Hard, NO MERCY
Execute Order 66
Where did the minutemen ambush the Redcoats, killing almost 200 of them, after the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Old North Church
North Bridge
South Church
Saint Henry's Parish
How many Redcoats were at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
800
700
600
7000
How many Minutemen were at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
80
60
70
700
How did King George respond to the Olive Branch Petition?
He accepted it, made peace with the colonists, and everybody was happy
He completely ignored it, rejected it, and hired 30,000 German Hessian troops to fight with the British
Nothing
He king ordered the assassination of all the colonial leaders
Who is most famous for being a traitor and selling information to the British army?
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
Ethan Allen
Henry Knox
Who was the lawyer that worked with John Adams during the trial after the Boston Massacre?
John Quincy
Josiah Quincy
Jarvarius Vishawn
Benjamin Franklin
Who said, “If this be treason, make the most of it,” and implied overthrowing the king?
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and signed it so big that signatures are often referred to by his name?
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
How many lanterns did Robert Newman hang in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston?
1
2
Which colony did NOT send a representative to the First Continental Congress?
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Massachusetts
What was accomplished at the Second Continental Congress? (Select All That Apply)
Set up their own post office
Assassinated the King of England
Made treaties with Native Americans
Served as an impromptu governing body
What were results of the Intolerable Acts? (Select All That Apply)
Closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for.
All members of the Sons of Liberty were hanged from the gallows
Gave more power to the royal governor
Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies
Expanded the Quartering Act to force colonists to house British soldiers in private homes
