WorksheetsUnit 2 review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Intolerable Acts were-
laws passes to force colonists to pay a tax on paper products
acts passed by Parliament forcing colonist to give the government a portion of their salary
The first acts passes that forced the colonists to enlist in the military
strict laws passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party
Which Revolutionary figure was an author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Which of the following best describes the main idea in Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense?
Independence from Britiain
Reconciliation with the South
Temporary alliance with France
Military conflict with Spain
Which of the following is an example of a grievance expressed by the American colonies against England?
Joint-stock companies stealing money
Taxation without representation
lack of farming resources in the colonies
Poor relationship with American Indians
What outcome of the French and Indian war eventualy led to the American Revolution?
Britain did not offer aid to colonists during the war
The loss of colonial territory to te French made colonists lose faith in British government
Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war
Brtain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense
Which of the following is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?
Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes
Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia
Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army.
Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office
The signing of which of the following documents in 1776 led directly to the Revolutionary War?
The Declaration of Independence
The Secession Acts of the Thirteen States
The US Constitution
The War Powers Act
What economic policy maintains that a colony exists solely to benefit the mother country?
laissez faire
capitalism
mercantilism
salutary neglect
What does the Quartering Act state?
housing British soldiers in colonial homes
housing colonial soldiers in British homes
higher tax on tea
the massacre of 5 colonists including Crispus Attucks
The French and Indian War affected relations between the British and the colonists in which of the following ways?
The British respected the American way of government.
The American colonists were treated as equals by the British.
The colonists became more dependent on the British
The colonists challenged British authority.
What was the function of the Declaration of Independence?
to demand representation in Parliament for the American colonies
to announce to the world the American colonies’ reasons for separation from England
to establish a government for the American colonies
to claim new territory for American colonists
Which group wanted to fight for liberty?
Patriots
Quakers
Tories
Loyalists
Which of the following best completes this diagram?
Declaration of Independence signed
Mayflower Compact signed
French and Indian War begins
Andrew Jackson elected president
Which group wanted to continue to support England?
Patriots
Quakers
Tories
Loyalists
What does the Stamp Act state?
housing British soldiers in colonial homes
tax on printer/written paper that required an official stamp
higher tax on tea
the massacre of 5 colonists including Crispus Attucks
What does the Townshend Act state?
housing British soldiers in colonial homes
tax on printer/written paper that required an official stamp
higher tax on tea
a tax on glass, paint, lead
What does the Tea Act state?
housing British soldiers in colonial homes
tax on printer/written paper that required an official stamp
higher tax on tea
a tax on glass, paint, lead
What was significant about the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
housing British soldiers in colonial homes
Unknown shots that were heard 'round the world started the American Revolution
Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston Harbor
the massacre of 5 colonists including Crispus Attucks
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that can be taken away-Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Rights that can be taken away-Life, Capture, and Pursuit of Sadness
Rights that cannot be taken away-Life, Death, and Pursuit of Happiness
Rights that cannot be taken away-Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
