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America in the 1700's

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the colonists protesting with the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Paper Act

b)

The Plastic Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Tea Act

2.

How people were killed in the Boston Massacre?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

3.

After the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain punished colonists with several laws that took away Massachusetts’ right to govern itself. What were these laws called?

a)

Inconvenient Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Improper Acts

d)

Implacable Acts

4.

What city was the first capital of the United States?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Richmond

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

New York

5.

What was the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

The Treaty of Paris

c)

The Treaty of Marseille

d)

The Treaty of Lyon

6.

What was the first governing document of the newly created United States, later replaced by the U.S. Constitution?

a)

The Articles of Independence

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The Articles of Freedom

d)

The Bill of Rights

7.

Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Richmond

c)

Washinton D.C.

d)

New York

8.

What are the leaders of the American Revolution called?

a)

Fathers-in-law

b)

Church fathers

c)

Founding fathers

d)

Elders

9.

Which organization was formed in the American colonies to oppose the Stamp Act in 1765?

a)

Knights of Washington

b)

Daughters of the American Revolution

c)

Council of New England

d)

Sons of Liberty

10.

Which American military officer switched sides and fought for the British during the American Revolution, making his name an epithet for a traitor in the United States?

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

John Laurens

c)

Edward Hand

d)

Richard Mongomery

11.

What was the name given to the American colonists who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Anglicans

c)

Royalists

d)

Patriots

12.

Who was the first person to sign the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

a)

Francis Lightfoot Lee

b)

John Hancock

c)

William Floyd

d)

Caesar Rodney