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Chapter 7 Test Review

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word was a fancy word for meeting but is part of the US government today?

a)

Meeting

b)

Government

c)

Congress

d)

Legislation

2.

Who were the two men that warned the colonists that the Redcoats were on their way? (Select All That Apply)

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Robert Newman

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

John Adams

e)

William Dawes

3.

Who was on the committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence? (Select All That Apply)

a)

John Adams

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

e)

Benjamin Franklin

4.

What are the parts of the Declaration of Independence? (Select All That Apply)

a)

Table of Contents

b)

Preamble

c)

Declaration of Natural Rights

d)

List of Grievances

e)

Resolution of Independence by the United States

5.

What was the name of the local militia in Lexington that could be ready to fight in a minute?

a)

Lexington Boys

b)

Minutemen

c)

Greenboys

d)

Blue Coats

6.

What was the plan to unite the colonies proposed by Benjamin Franklin?

a)

Colony Plan of Union

b)

Albany Plan of Union

c)

British Plan of Union

d)

Colonial Plan of Union

7.

When was the letter sent to every colonial legislature urging them to petition Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts?

a)

March 1768

b)

February 1768

c)

January 1768

d)

April 1768

8.

What event occurred on March 5, 1770?

a)

The American Revolutionary War

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

George Washington was born

d)

The Declaration of Independence was signed

9.

Who was the cousin of Samuel Adams that would be the lawyer to represent the British troops in the Boston Massacre trial?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Paul Revere

10.

What is a situation whereby one company has complete control of an entire market?

a)

CONTROL

b)

Monopoly

c)

Communism

d)

Free Market Economy

11.

What is a formal expression of opinion?

a)

Resolve

b)

Resolution

c)

Complaint

d)

A "Karen" statement

12.

What is conducting secret/illegal trade?

a)

Illegal Trade

b)

Smuggling

c)

Under-the-Table Dealing

d)

Street Market

13.

What is a protest in which people don't purchase controversial items?

a)

Protest

b)

Boycott

c)

A strike

d)

Refusal

14.

What is also known as an introductory section?

a)

Prequal

b)

Preamble

c)

Prologue

d)

Table of Contents

15.

What is also known as complaints?

a)

Whining

b)

Grievances

c)

Complaint

d)

A "Karen" statement

16.

What means rule by an often harsh absolute power?

a)

Democracy

b)

Tyranny

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

17.

What was passed by Great Britain in April 1773 that placed a tax on tea?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Intolerable Acts

18.

What event occurred on December 16, 1773 where the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor?

a)

British Tea Party

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

The Tea Incident

d)

The Tea Taboo

19.

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?

a)

Coercive Acts

b)

Tea Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Intolerable Acts

20.

When was the Gaspee burned?

a)

May 1772

b)

June 1772

c)

July 1772

d)

August 1772

21.

When were the Townshend acts repealed?

a)

February 1770

b)

March 1770

c)

January 1770

d)

April 1770

22.

What was the rallying cry that Samuel Adams raised in a Boston town meeting?

a)

No Taxation Without Colonial Consent

b)

No Taxation Without Representation

c)

No Taxation Without Confirmation

d)

No Taxation Without Defamation

23.

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?

a)

Josiah Quincy

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

John Adams

d)

Javarius Vishawn

24.

Who was the Boston lawyer that co-founded the Sons of Liberty and raised the rallying cry, "No Taxation Without Representation"?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Javarius Vishawn

25.

What is a professional army maintained even in peacetime?

a)

Professional Army

b)

Standing Army

c)

Maintained Army

d)

Colonial Army

26.

What was passed in April 1764 that placed a tax on foreign sugar and certain luxuries?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Stamp Act

27.

What occurred in October 1765 in New York to determine that only elected officials could approve taxes?

a)

First Continental Congress

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

Second Continental Congress

d)

Sugar Act Congress

28.

What was passed in March 1765 that stated colonists had to provide shelter and food for British soldiers?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

29.

What was passed in March 1765 that placed a tax on all printed materials?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Quartering Act

30.

What means to undo a law?

a)

Repeal

b)

Undo

c)

REVOTE

d)

JURISTICTION

31.

When was the Stamp Act repealed by Parliament?

a)

March 1765

b)

March 1775

c)

March 1666

d)

March 1766

32.

Which secret society did Samuel Adams cofound?

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

The Illuminati

d)

Free Masons

33.

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?

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

The Illuminati

d)

Free Masons

34.

What was passed in 1767 that placed a tax on imported tea, glass, and paper?

a)

Declaratory Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

35.

What was passed in March 1766 to remind the colonies who made the laws?

a)

Declaratory Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Act

d)

Townshend Act

36.

What is a crime against a government to which one should be loyal?

a)

GOVERNMENTAL CRIME

b)

TREASON

c)

DISLOYALTY

d)

BETRAYAL

37.

When was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

a)

April 19, 1775

b)

April 16, 2021

c)

April 16, 1776

d)

July 4, 1776

38.

When was the First Continental Congress held?

a)

September - October 1774

b)

June - July 1774

c)

April - May 1774

d)

November - December 1774

39.

When was the Second Continental Congress held?

a)

1775 - 1781

b)

1775 - 1778

c)

1775 - 1776

d)

1775 - 1779

40.

What were colonists that supported independence called?

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

41.

What were colonists that remained loyal to Britain called?

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

42.

When was the Battle of Bunker Hill?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

July 17, 1778

c)

June 17, 1775

d)

June 17, 1776

43.

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Second Continental Congress?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

July 4, 1778

c)

July 4, 1777

d)

July 4, 1775

44.

When was the Olive Branch Petition sent from the colonies to King George III?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

July 17, 1775

c)

June 17, 1775

d)

July 5, 1775

45.

Who was appointed Commander of the Colonial Army at the Second Continental Congress?

a)

John Adams

b)

Paul Revere

c)

William Prescott

d)

George Washington

46.

Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense in January 1776?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Locke

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Paine

47.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Locke

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Paine

e)

Thomas Jefferson

48.

On June 7, 1776, who introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress calling the colonies free and independent states?

a)

John Adams

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Richard Henry Lee

49.

What stated that colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Declaration of 1763

b)

Land Forbiddance of 1763

c)

Land Ban of 1763

d)

Proclamation of 1763

50.

What occurred in 1763 where Chief Pontiac led attacks on colonial settlements on the western frontier?

a)

Native Rebellion

b)

Indian Rebellion

c)

British Rebellion

d)

Pontiac's Rebellion

51.

What did Paul Revere shout during his famous Midnight Ride?

a)

The British are coming!

b)

The Regulars are coming!

c)

The Redcoats are coming!

d)

The Noncolonials are coming!

52.

What do Americans celebrate on July 4?

a)

Flag Day

b)

Independence Day

c)

Labor Day

d)

Memorial Day

53.

What often happened to stamp agents in the colonies?

a)

They were genuinely left alone

b)

They were tarred and feathered

c)

They were shot on sight

d)

They were paid and went about their day

54.

What did Colonel William Prescott command his men to do during the Battle of Bunker Hill?

a)

Fire at will!

b)

Not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

c)

Aim small, miss small.

d)

Aim for the neck.

55.

What was said by Patrick Henry during the Second Virginia Convention?

a)

No Taxation Without Representation!

b)

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!

c)

God Save The Queen!

d)

Long Live Britannia!

56.

When did the British retreat Boston and flee to Canada after being defeated by the Patriots?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

March 17, 1776

c)

April 5, 1776

d)

July 2, 1776

57.

When did the Second Continental Congress unanimously pass Lee's Resolution?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

March 17, 1776

c)

April 5, 1776

d)

July 2, 1776

58.

Who was Thomas Paine blaming personally in Common Sense for the bad relationship between Britain and the colonies?

a)

The Colonial Leaders

b)

Nobody

c)

Parliament

d)

King George III

59.

Where were the letters that stated Taxes cannot be levied without the consent of colonial representatives sent from?

a)

A farmer in Georgia

b)

A farmer in New York

c)

A farmer in Virginia

d)

A farmer in Pennsylvania

60.

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?

a)

The American Revolution

b)

The First Continental Congress

c)

The Second Continental Congress

d)

Committees of Correspondence

61.

What called on the colonists to form militias and declared the Intolerable Acts null and void?

a)

Committees of Correspondence

b)

The First Continental Congress

c)

The Second Continental Congress

d)

The Suffolk Resolves

62.

What means "out of many, one" in Latin?

a)

Sic Parvis Magna

b)

Carpe Diem

c)

Desde Largo, Pequeño

d)

E Pluribus Unum

63.

What happened at the Battle of Lexington and Concord that is known as the first shot of the Revolutionary War?

a)

The First Strike

b)

The Shot Heard 'Round The World

c)

Strike First, Strike Hard, NO MERCY

d)

Execute Order 66

64.

Where did the minutemen ambush the Redcoats, killing almost 200 of them, after the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

a)

Old North Church

b)

North Bridge

c)

South Church

d)

Saint Henry's Parish

65.

How many Redcoats were at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

a)

800

b)

700

c)

600

d)

7000

66.

How many Minutemen were at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

a)

80

b)

60

c)

70

d)

700

67.

How did King George respond to the Olive Branch Petition?

a)

He accepted it, made peace with the colonists, and everybody was happy

b)

He completely ignored it, rejected it, and hired 30,000 German Hessian troops to fight with the British

c)

Nothing

d)

He king ordered the assassination of all the colonial leaders

68.

Who is most famous for being a traitor and selling information to the British army?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

Ethan Allen

d)

Henry Knox

69.

Who was the lawyer that worked with John Adams during the trial after the Boston Massacre?

a)

John Quincy

b)

Josiah Quincy

c)

Jarvarius Vishawn

d)

Benjamin Franklin

70.

Who said, “If this be treason, make the most of it,” and implied overthrowing the king?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

John Adams

71.

Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and signed it so big that signatures are often referred to by his name?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

John Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

e)

John Hancock

72.

How many lanterns did Robert Newman hang in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston?

a)

1

b)

2

73.

Which colony did NOT send a representative to the First Continental Congress?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

South Carolina

e)

Massachusetts

74.

What was accomplished at the Second Continental Congress? (Select All That Apply)

a)

Set up their own post office

b)

Assassinated the King of England

c)

Made treaties with Native Americans

d)

Served as an impromptu governing body

75.

What were results of the Intolerable Acts? (Select All That Apply)

a)

Closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for.

b)

All members of the Sons of Liberty were hanged from the gallows

c)

Gave more power to the royal governor

d)

Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies

e)

Expanded the Quartering Act to force colonists to house British soldiers in private homes