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WorksheetsQ2 Interim review
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 41mins
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Sam Adams
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
Guilford Courthouse
Trenton
Yorktown
Lexington & Concord
Document in which the colonies declared independence from Great Britain July 4, 1776.
Treaty of Paris
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Alliance
England recognized American independence in this treaty.
Treaty of Paris
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Alliance
The army formed by the Second Continental Congress to defend the colonies as a whole.
Inalienable/Unalienable Rights
Stamp Act
Continental Army
Proclamation of 1763
Rights that cannot be taken away.
Inalienable/Unalienable Rights
Stamp Act
Continental Army
Proclamation of 1763
Official announcement from the British government that ended all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Inalienable/Unalienable Rights
Stamp Act
Continental Army
Proclamation of 1763
Law passed in 1765 by British parliament that forced people to pay a tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents.
Inalienable/Unalienable Rights
Stamp Act
Continental Army
Proclamation of 1763
American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American Independence was won.
Loyalist
Patriot
Compromise
Preamble
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
Loyalist
Patriot
Compromise
Preamble
Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
Loyalist
Patriot
Compromise
Preamble
What was one of the biggest problems caused by the weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation?
America did not have any allies in the American Revolution because Congress could not sign treaties.
America could not pay its debts from the American Revolution because Congress could not coin money.
America did not have any allies in the American Revolution because Congress could not declare war.
America could not pay its debts from the American Revoultion because Congress could not collect taxes.
What was the MAIN disagreement between the states at the Constitutional Convention?
The types of powers given to Congress
the number of branches of the federal government
The method for electing members of the two houses of Congress
The number of representatives in Congress each state would have.
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Study the image above.
Which important event of the American Revolution is pictured here? (4.2.CE)
The Stamp Act
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Whose perspective during the building of a new nation does this statement represent? (4.2.E)
“Even with the Revolution being fought, we may be doomed to a lifetime of working on
the plantations. All men are created equal - except us apparently.”
Women
Enslaved Africans
Native Americans
Free Africans
Whose perspective during the building of a new nation does this statement represent? (4.2.E)
“Without the support of the French or British any longer, we will be forced further and
further westward by American settlers and have to abandon the land we’ve called home
for our entire lives. ”
Women
Enslaved Africans
Native Americans
Free Africans
Whose perspective during the building of a new nation does this statement represent? (4.2.E)
“If the government is not protecting the rights of its citizens, then the government
should be abolished and a new one should be formed - even if it takes going to war to
achieve independence.”
Native American government
British government
French government
Colonial government
A presidential veto of law is an example of--
due process
judicial activism
individual rights
checks and balances.
Which of the following is a power given to the national government but not to state governments?
printing money
constructing roads
conducting elections
establishing public schools
George Washington served the newly formed United States as the---
President
Vice president
Secretary of State
Federalist candidate
What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?
Boycott British goods
Made their own goods
Decided they didn't need goods
Stopped paying all of their taxes
Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Housing Act
The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?
Love Letter
Treaty
Break-up letter
Constitution
What is the purpose of the following lines from the declaration?
"He has dissolved our legislative assemblies"
“ He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies ” “For imposing taxes on us without consent”
“ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury”
To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government
To give examples of complaints against the American government, asking King George III to fix them
To request that the king protect certain rights and complain about rights that colonists didn't have
Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?
To pay for the French and Indian War
Because the King felt like it
Because they wanted a revolution
They owed a lot of money to China
An effect of the French and Indian War
Quartering Act
Colonists taxed to pay for the war
Boycott of imported goods
Boston Tea Party
