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Early U.S. History Ch 2 Test Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which British Act was passed primarily to stop American smuggling?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

2.

Which British Act stated that any American accused of smuggling would be tried in a military court by a British judge?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

3.

Which British Act imposed a tax on any printed document, even playing cards?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

4.

Which British Act created a tax on lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

5.

Which British Act stationed British soldiers in the colonies to enforce the taxes?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

6.

Which British Act stated that British companies and stores were exempt on paying taxes but that Americans still had to pay them?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

7.

Which British Act placed an act on sugar?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

8.

Which British Act prompted the creation of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

9.

The Boston Massacre was in response to which British Act?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

10.

The Boston Tea Party was in response to which British Act?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

11.

The British Act required Americans to provide room and board for British soldiers was called?

a)

Punishment Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Hotel Act

d)

Room and Board Act

12.

The British General was called in to punish the people of Boston?

a)

John Hancock

b)

John Adams

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Thomas Gage

13.

What was the British response to the Continental Congress demanding self-rule?

a)

Closed Boston Harbor

b)

Random flogging of American citizens

c)

Banning all sales of guns and ammo

d)

Banned the sale of all alcohol in the colonies

14.

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

John Hancock

b)

John Adams

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Thomas Gage

15.

Where did the very first battle of the Revolutionary War occur?

a)

Lexington

b)

Concord

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Bunker Hill

16.

Who was rode throughout the night to warn the minutemen that the British were coming?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

William Dawes

c)

Samuel Prescott

d)

All of the above

17.

Who fired the first shot of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

The British

d)

The Americans

e)

No one knows

18.

Who was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army at the Second Continental Congress?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

John Hancock

d)

Ben Franklin

e)

George Washington

19.

Who wrote the Social Contract Theory?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Locke

c)

John Hancock

d)

Thomas Paine

20.

Who wrote the Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Locke

c)

John Hancock

d)

Thomas Paine

21.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Locke

c)

John Hancock

d)

Thomas Paine

22.

Who signed his name first and very large on the Declaration of Independence so King George would be sure to see it?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Locke

c)

John Hancock

d)

Thomas Paine

23.

The "Middle Passage" refers specifically to the trade of what?

a)

Sugar

b)

Fur

c)

Slaves

d)

Iron and Coal

24.

Name the movement that was started by Christians who wanted to understand how God made the universe.

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Prohibition

d)

The Revolutionary War

25.

Name the movement that was started by Christians seeking to revive Christian morals and ethics across America?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Prohibition

d)

The Revolutionary War

26.

A preacher who stated that going to church did not save your soul.

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

George Whitefield

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Paine

27.

A preacher who acted out stories of the Bible in his sermons resulting in the repentance of millions.

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

George Whitefield

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Paine

28.

Native American Chieftain who conquered 8 British forts in the French and Indian War.

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Pontiac

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Geronimo

29.

What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Boston

30.

What was the second permanent English settlement in the Americas?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Boston

31.

Name the 1st British government in the Americas.

a)

Continental Congress

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Parliament

d)

Colonial Council

32.

Who led former indentured servants to march upon the British govt in the colonies and demand representation first?

a)

George Washington

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Nathaniel Bacon

d)

William Berkley

33.

British Christians who wanted to remove all Catholic traditions from the Anglican Church were called?

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Zealots

d)

Protestants

34.

British Christians who wanted to completely break away from the Anglican Church were called?

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Zealots

d)

Protestants

35.

Which colony was created by Puritans and Pilgrims?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Rhode Island

36.

Which colony was created by Roger Williams for Charismatic Christians?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Rhode Island

37.

Which colony was created for the Quakers (Circle of Friends)?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Rhode Island

38.

Which colony was created for Catholics?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Rhode Island

39.

Which colony was created for out of work sheep herders?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

North Carolina

40.

Which British Act stated that Americans could only buy or sell to the British?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Navigation Act