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VUS.4 American Revolution Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George Mason

2.

John Locke believed people were entitled to three ideas (select all three)...

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Property

3.

Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

Charles Lee

d)

Horatio Gates

4.

Which tax put a fee on legal documents, newspapers, etc.?

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Boston Harbor Act

d)

Sugar Act

5.

What three unalienable rights did Thomas Jefferson write in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Property

d)

Pursuit of Happiness

6.

Colonists loyal to King George III and Great Britain were called...

a)

Tories

b)

Patriots

c)

Loyalists

d)

Nationalists

7.

Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

8.

Which of the following prohibited colonists from moving WEST of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Acts

9.

Supporters of American independence were called...

a)

Loyalists

b)

Tories

c)

Nationalists

d)

Patriots

10.

Great Britain's Parliament passed which of the following after the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Boston Restrictive Acts

11.

"All men are created equal" challenged making ____________ a legal institution in the United States.

a)

African American Slavery

b)

Indentured servitude

c)

Women's suffrage

d)

Quartering of troops

12.

The period known as the "Enlightenment" saw the development of new ideas about the rights of people and their relationship to their _______.

a)

Patriarch

b)

Church

c)

Rulers

d)

Slaves

13.

Whose diplomatic efforts caused the French to support the Patriots?

a)

John Adams

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

George Washington

d)

John Hancock

14.

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

Boston

b)

New York City

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Trenton

15.

Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

John Hancock

c)

Thomas Carroll

d)

Samuel Chase

16.

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

a)

To encourage rebellion against Great Britain

b)

To give the colonists a greater say in government

c)

To help England finance the French and Indian War

d)

To encourage westward movement of settlers

17.

How did George Washington help lead the Patriots to victory over the British during the Revolutionary War?

a)

He avoided any situation that threatened the destruction of his army

b)

He annihilated British troops at Kings Mountain

c)

He forced the surrender of Major General Burgoyne

d)

He rode his horse to warn that the British were coming

18.

John Locke believed that all power belongs to the people and they agree to enter into...

a)

A democratic necessity

b)

A social contract

c)

A life-long relationship

d)

An understanding

19.

Whose writings were greatly reflected through the ideas expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin and James Madison

b)

Benjamin Franklin and John Locke

c)

John Locke and Thomas Paine

d)

John Adams and Thomas Paine

20.

What happened as a part of the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Withholding of future taxes

b)

Burning of remaining British tea

c)

Closing of the Boston Harbor

d)

Ending the Sons of Liberty

21.

Where was the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Bunker Hill

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Yorktown

d)

Boston

22.

What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Yorktown

b)

King's Mountain

c)

The Cowpens

d)

Saratoga