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Ch 4 Acts & Important Revolutionary People

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Author of the "Albany Plan of Union"; helped write the "Declaration of Independence"; convinced France to become our ally in the Revolution; negotiated the "Treaty of Paris". 
a)
John Paul Jones
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
2.
King of England during the American Revolution
a)
King George III
b)
Prince Harry
c)
Bernardo de Galvez
d)
George Washington
3.
President of the 2nd Continental Congress, first to sign the "Declaration of Independence"
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
John Hancock
d)
Thomas Jefferson
4.
Delegate to the Continental Congress; primary author of the "Declaration of Independence".
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
John Locke
d)
Samuel Adams
5.

Started the Sons of Liberty, created the Committee of Correspondence, and participated in the Boston Tea Party.

a)

George Washington

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Samuel Adams

6.

Who was an activist against the British government and author of “Common Sense”?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Benjamin Frankin

d)

John Locke

7.

What pamphlet was created with the intention of getting American colonists to push for independence from Great Britain?

a)

Poor Richard's Almanac

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Common Sense

d)

Declaration of Rights & Grievances

8.

Natural Rights, Universal Order, Social Contract Theory, and Separation of Powers are all ideas that influenced and were addressed by what document?

a)

Common Sense

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Declaration of Rights & Grievances

d)

Olive Branch Petition

9.

What British philosopher influenced the Declaration of Independence with his ideas?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

Thomas Gage

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Locke

10.

What famous Virginia orator introduced arguments like “no taxation without representation” and “give me liberty or give me death”?

a)

Richard Henry Lee

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

11.

What Virginia delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress introduced the resolution for independence?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Richard Henry Lee

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

12.

What Virginia planter was named commander of the Continental Army?

a)

Richard Henry Lee

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Charles Cornwallis

d)

George Washington

13.

What 19 year old French aristocrat volunteered to help train and lead colonial troops?

a)

Gen. Rochambeau

b)

Napoleon

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

King Louis XIV

14.

Who was the military governor of Massachusetts under the Coercive Acts?

a)

Maj. John Pitcairn

b)

Gen. William Howe

c)

Gen. Thomas Gage

d)

Lt. Governor Thomas Hutchinson

15.

What member of the Sons of Liberty created a depiction of the Boston Massacre and made a famous “midnight ride”?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Ethan Allen

d)

Paul Revere

16.

What act was created to replace the Molasses Act of 1733?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Currency Act

d)

Sugar Act

17.

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain that began taxing the colonies?

a)

Lord Frederick North

b)

Lord Charles Cornwallis

c)

Lord George Grenville

d)

Lord William Pitt

18.

What act was created telling the colonists that they couldn’t print their own money?

a)

Declaratory Act

b)

Currency Act

c)

Navigation Act

d)

Quebec Act

19.

What act was created that taxed printed/published materials?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Currency Act

20.

What organization was created in October 1765 against the Stamp Act and created a Declaration of Right & Grievances?

a)

Stamp Act Congress

b)

1st Continental Congress

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

2nd Continental Congress

21.

What Prime Minister repealed the Stamp Act following a boycott by the colonies?

a)

Lord George Grenville

b)

Lord Charles Cornwallis

c)

Lord William Pitt

d)

Lord Frederick North

22.

Which act restates British sovereignty over the colonies?

a)

Sovereignty Act

b)

Tory Act

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Navigation Act

23.

Which act placed a small tax on a variety of products, but expanded writs of assistance and used funds to pay colonial judges and governors?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Proclamation Act of 1763

24.

Which event left five colonists dead and was used as propaganda against Great Britain?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Lexington & Concord

d)

Bunker Hill

25.

The destruction of what ship by the colonists off the coast of Rhode Island caused the relationship between Britain and the colonies to worsen?

a)

Lusitania

b)

Queen Mary

c)

Liberty

d)

Gaspee

26.

What act was passed to save the British East India Company?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Molasses Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Stamp Act

27.

What event did the Tea Act lead to?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Lexington & Concord

28.

What punitive acts were passed as punishment for the action of the people in Boston in 1774?

a)

Coercive Acts

b)

Quebec Act

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Quartering Act

29.

Which colony did not send a representative to the 1st Continental Congress?

a)

New York

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

Massachusetts

30.

Where were the opening shots of the American Revolution fired? (aka “the shot heard round the world”)

a)

Lexington & Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

31.

Who negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France during the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

King George III

d)

Ben Franklin

32.

The Coercive Acts were called the ________________ Acts by the colonists.

a)

Impossible

b)

Intolerable

c)

Navigation

d)

Writs of Assistance

33.

What angered colonists by restricting them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

The Navigation Acts of 1651

b)

The Declaratory Act

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Treaty of Paris

34.

What act restricted the ability to self-govern in British Canada?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Writs of Assistance

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Quebec Act

35.

After the French & Indian War, what acts were enforced by Britain that weren't enforced before?

a)

The Quebec Acts

b)

The Navigation Acts

c)

The Intolerable Acts

d)

The Coercive Acts