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Test 1 Prep SS

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Sons of Liberty threw all the tea in the ocean

b)

Patriots sat and had tea with King George

c)

Native Americans threw all the tea in the ocean

d)

King George had a sale on tea

2.
What event does this drawing show?
a)
Tarring and feathering
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
American Revolution
3.
Why did Great Britain tax the American colonies?
a)
The British were in debt from buying too many fidget spinners.
b)
The British were in debt from fighting the French in a war.
c)
The British were in looking for money to pave their roads.
4.
Which British laws were passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Tea Act
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Stamp Act
5.
Which British law required colonists to provide British troops with housing?
a)
Proclamation Of 1763
b)
Townshend Act
c)
British Housing Act
d)
Quartering Act
6.
What was the common slogan used in the Colonies?
a)
"Give me liberty or Give me death"
b)
"No Taxation without Representation"
c)
"No Stamp Act, No Sugar Act"
7.
When people refused to buy certain goods:
a)
Boycott
b)
Repeal
c)
Monopoly
d)
Bias
8.
Colonists refused to buy British tea because
a)
England's Parliament was taxing them without representation
b)
they did not like the taste of British tea
c)
they did not agree with paying taxes at all
9.

This act required colonists to pay for an official seal whenever they bought paper products.

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

10.
People who wanted to fight England for their freedom were called...
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
11.
Who was the King of England at the time of the American Revolution?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
Queen Elizabeth
c)
Queen Clark
d)
King George III
12.
After the colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor, ...
a)
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
b)
King George III allowed the colonists to petition Parliament.
c)
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts.
d)
King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament.
13.

Which of the following was NOT involved in the French and Indian War?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Native Americans

d)

Italy

14.

What was a main reason(s) for the fight over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Both France and Britain wanted control over the Ohio River Valley and France wanted to stop the British from going further.

b)

Spain wanted to ally with France to gain more land.

c)

Spain felt that Florida was too small for their trade routes.

d)

They did not want any more Native American tribes to have any land, so France and Britain joined together to fight the Native Americans.

15.

In the Treaty of Paris, after the French and Indian War, who gained control of Canada?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

16.

What was Columbus looking for?

a)

gold

b)

silk

c)

spices

d)

all of the above

17.

English people who were sent to the colony of Jamestown were called...

a)

Clowns

b)

Couriers

c)

Conquistadors

d)

Colonists

18.

What body of water did the Jamestown Colonists cross when traveling from England?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Southern Ocean

19.

When making a claim, I should only write...

a)

1-2 Sentences

b)

A paragraph

20.

What did the Wampanoags teach the Pilgrims?

a)

to build houses

b)

to make toys

c)

to hunt, fish, and farm

21.

Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?

a)

They wanted to get rich.

b)

They were looking for a Northwestern Passage to India.

c)

They wanted freedom of religion.

22.

What was the name of the Indian tribe that helped the Pilgrims survive?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Wampanoag

c)

Sasquatch

23.

When was the iconic painting "The First Thanksgiving " created?

a)

1621

b)

1932

24.

Men only could participate in politics/government.

a)

Virginia colony

b)

Massachusetts colony

c)

Both

25.

In Virginia, to be a Burgess, one needed to be:

a)

male

b)

landowner

c)

Anglican

d)

all of the above

26.

Both the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims needed each other in 1620-1621.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?

a)

The British Parliament wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War

b)

The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.

c)

The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.

28.

Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on in the stamp act were...

a)

Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and play cards

b)

Tea and bread

c)

Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass

29.

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Property

30.

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

a)

Overthrow the government

b)

Petition the government for their rights

c)

Nothing, the people don't have rights

31.

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

a)

to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain

b)

the start the American Revolution

c)

to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.

d)

to instruct how a county wins its freedom.

32.

According to Thomas Jefferson, the power to rule comes from

a)

the governed.

b)

God

c)

Parliament.

d)

the king.

33.

Why did Thomas Jefferson say that King George III was an unfit ruler?

a)

He denied the colonists their rights.

b)

He was not born in Great Britain

c)

He was not elected by Parliament

d)

He lived far away from the colonies.

34.

What are unalienable rights?

a)

Rights that government cannot take away

b)

Rights that government takes away

c)

rights for aliens

d)

Government is needed to promote equality

35.

The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?

a)

Love Letter

b)

Treaty

c)

Break-up letter

d)

Constitution

36.

Which of these is NOT part of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Declaration of Rights

b)

Preamble

c)

List of Grievances

d)

Olive Branch Petition

37.

Slide 1- How did the First Continental Congress respond to British policies?

a)

They started the French and Indian War.

b)

They chose a committee to write the Declaration of Independence explaining why the colonies should be free.

c)

They tried to find a compromise with the King, which he refused

d)

They hired Thomas Paine to write Common Sense.

38.

Slide 1- How did the Second Continental Congress respond to British policies?

a)

They started the French and Indian War.

b)

They chose a committee to write the Declaration of Independence explaining why the colonies should be free.

c)

They passed the Tea Act, allowing a British company to import tea to the colonies without paying taxes.

d)

They hired Thomas Paine to write Common Sense.

39.

Slide 3- What is the message of the following quote?

"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another... a decent respect to the options of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to separation."

a)

When people decide to separate from their government, they should explain why.

b)

When the government chooses to punish its people, the people should separate.

c)

When people have issues with their government, they need to resolve the problems and never separate.

d)

When people do not get along, they need to rely on their government to help them.

40.

Slide 4-The Declaration of Independence states, “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.” Which Enlightened idea do these words describe?

a)
need to ensure a representative government.
b)
social contract between government and the people.
c)
revolutionary intent to overthrow the current government.
d)
return to a society that has no central authority.