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Age of Revolution

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
First Battle of the American Revolution was also know as
a)
French and Indian War
b)
7 Years War
c)
Dead Man's Day
d)
Shot Heard Around the World
2.
What are your 3 Unalienable Rights, as expressed by Thomas Jefferson?
a)
Peace, Love and Joy
b)
Life, Liberty, and Property
c)
Life, Leadership and Pursuit of Happiness
d)
Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
3.
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death" meant
a)
I live to die
b)
I want freedom from slavery
c)
I will die for my freedom
d)
death is the only freedom
4.
Whose writings inspired Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Locke
d)
George Washington
5.
Which pamphlet did Thomas Paine write to encourage the colonist to fight for independence from Britain?
a)
The Crisis
b)
Common Sense
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Unalienable Rights
6.
This was the first Parliamentary Act that the American colonists began to boycott because of "no taxation without representation."
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Navigational Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Coercive Acts
7.
Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
US Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
8.
Which event led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
American Revolution
d)
French and Indian War
9.
What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?
a)
Led to new taxes they did not vote on
b)
Led to more wars with the French
c)
They lost their land to Native Americans
d)
The British established military law in the colonies
10.
Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?
a)
Concord
b)
Boston
c)
Lexington
d)
Charleston
11.

Who led the Continental army?

a)

John Adams

b)

George III

c)

George Washington

d)

Charles Cornwallis

12.

Q. Thomas Jefferson was the main author of what important document in 1776?

a)

U. S. Constitution

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Treaty of Paris

13.

Why did Britain want to tax the colonists?

a)

The British needed to make back the money to pay for The French and Indian War

b)

The colonists had more money than the British

c)

The British wanted to punish the colonists for wanting to be their own country.

14.

Who is the hero of Haiti?

a)

Jovenel Moise

b)

Toussaint l'Ouverture

c)

Pierre Renaud

d)

Emmanuel Macron

15.

who ran sugar plantations in western part of Haiti

a)

italian

b)

french

c)

spanish

16.

who ae the slaves worked for french masters

(a)  

17.

how did the haitians became a independent nation in 1804

(a)  

18.

What is another name that Haiti had when colonized by the French?

(a)  

19.

Toussaint didn't live to see Haiti's independence, but his general, Dessalines, defeated Napoleon and established an independent Haiti.


Why do you think the struggle for freedom for the enslaved comes with so much hardship and violence to succeed?

4 lines
20.

Haiti was originall part of the colony of

a)

Saint-Dominique

b)

Saint-Theresa

c)

Saint-Ignatious of Loyola

d)

Saint -Sebastion

21.

There were three classes in Haiti-Name them

a)

enslaved

b)

free persons of color

c)

white Europeans

d)

Gov't officials

e)

colonial administrators

22.

Toussaint L’Ouverture was (Choose all that apply)

a)

a gifted and educated slave

b)

claimed to be a Frenchman acting in the Spirit of Revolution

c)

proclaimed himself ruler

d)

freed all slaves

e)

lost many battles

23.

Why did Cromwell ban the celebration of Christmas?

a)

he didn't like Jesus

b)

he wasn't Christian

c)

he thought Christmas was too commercial

d)

he was a strict Puritan

24.

When did Oliver Cromwell die? Sept 3. 165 _

a)

0

b)

5

c)

8

d)

9

e)

2

25.

Who supported Cromwell when he was in power?

a)

Army

b)

Cavaliers

c)

Royalists

d)

The King

26.

What was Cromwell's title when he was in power?

a)

Lord Protector of England

b)

Hero of the Common Man

c)

the King's Representative on Earth

d)

the Supreme Leader

e)
27.

What was it called when Charles II returned as king?

a)

the Interregnum

b)

the Restoration

c)

Charles, the sequel

28.

Why was Charles II invited to be king again?

a)

They missed him

b)

They wanted to party

c)

They thought he would bring stability

d)

the Army did not like him

29.

Choose all the things that Cromwell banned in England.

a)

bear-baiting

b)

Christmas

c)

Sports

d)

working on Sunday

e)

Theatre

30.

Who took over when Oliver Cromwell died?

a)

Richard, his son

b)

Elizabeth, his wife

c)

Ethan, his brother

d)

John Pymmenham

e)
31.

What practice or idea did Parliament challenge stating it was not legitimate or valid?

a)

Divine Right of Kings

b)

Petition of Rights

c)

Social Contract

d)

Natural Rights

32.

Why was James II not accepted as king of England?

a)

He was Catholic and England feared he would bring turmoil since England was Protestant.

b)

Parliament appointed him, so he was not liked.

c)

James II was a "lord protector" like Cromwell.

d)

His father willed that he would not be eligible for the throne.

33.

Who took the throne after King James fled to France?

a)

Charles II

b)

William and Mary of Orange

c)

Parliament

d)

James III