WorksheetsReview: American Revolution
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Sam Adams
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Designed to make an example of Massachusetts and hopefully control the growing resistance throughout to British authority. Instead of breaking Massachusetts, the laws caused the other colonies to go against the British government.
Proclamation of 1763
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
Homespun Movement
Which of the following is the central idea put forth in the Declaration of Independence?
The American people will fight to the death to protect themselves from attacks by Britain.
The American colonies are justified in rejecting British rule and setting up a new government.
The people of Great Britain should claim their own independence from the rule of the current king.
Americans who support the idea of independence from Great Britain greatly outnumber those who do not.
Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
support for states' rights and slavery
a belief in the natural rights of citizens
the need for a federal system of government
to continue supporting the British mercantilist system
Which term best describes the idea that certain rights cannot be surrendered, transferred, or taken away?
unalienable
constitutional
contractual
inseperable
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are ____________."
the Right to a Fair and Speedy Trial
Freedom of Speech, Religion, and Press
the Right to Bear Arms
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?
July 4,1776
August 2, 1776
April 18, 1776
December 16, 1773
According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power from?
The King
Religion
The People
The President
According to the Declaration of Independence who institutes or creates governments?
The King
The People
The Pope
The President
Which argument most logically follows from Jefferson's expressed ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
The rights of men should be supported over those of women.
Monarchy is a bad form of government because rulers
are not elected.
All forms of government destroy human rights and should be abandoned.
Any form of government that suppresses people's freedoms should be overthrown.
Which person is the best example of someone who demonstrates tyranny?
a rebel
a dictator
a member
a challenger
Which quotation from the Declaration of Independence best supports the main purpose of a nation's government.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all mean are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
...[To] secure these rights , governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
...[G}overnments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath show, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
...[A]s free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
The Declaration of Independence states that independence has become "necessary" and that Americans "should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." Which of the following statements best expresses the point Jefferson makes with this language?
Jefferson suggest that foreign allies have urged Congress to declare independence.
Jefferson emphasizes that America has been forced into declaring its independence.
Jefferson implies that Britain fully approves of Congress's decision to declare independence.
Jefferson explains that America never considered any action other than declaring independence.
According to Jefferson, what is the main purpose of a government?
To see that people get richer
To make sure other countries are scared of them
To keep everyone's basic rights protected
To keep the peace by any means necessary
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson accuses Britain of “quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.” Which of the following best defines the word quartering as Jefferson uses it here?
providing board for extra charges
acting at fifteen-minute intervals
housing in assigned dwellings
dividing into four equal parts
In what year was the Glorious Revolution?
1588
1687
1688
1517
Who was invited by Parliament to invade England and take the throne?
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
William and Mary of Orange
James II
Charles II
This was the unintended policy in which the British Crown essentially ignored the happenings of the colonies due to a lack of resources for which to administer them.
Indentured Servitude
House of Burgesses
Benign Neglect
Quakers
What event "showed congress how weak the Articles of Confederation was?
Bacon Rebellion
American Revolution
Shay's Rebellion
Constitution
Who was the president under the articles?
George Washington
Each governor voted on a president
The most senior Senator
There wasn't one
The introduction to the Declaration of Independence is called the
Preamble
List of Grievances
Natural Rights
Resolution
The other name for the 7 Years War
The War of Spanish Succession
The French and Indian War
The War of Austrian Succession
The Austro-Prussian War
Britain's Main Enemy during the 7 Years War
Austria
Spain
Prussia
France
The Theatre of War that Britain focused on during the 7 Years War
North America
South America
Europe
India
The 7 Years War ended in
1763
1765
1770
1776
What did Britain gain after the 7 Years War (Check all that apply)
Canada
Eastern Louisiana
Debt
Silesia
The Colonial response to the Stamp Act (Check all that apply)
Boycotting British Goods
Burning the governors in Effigy
Throwing stamps into the harbors
Threatening Stamp Officers to resign
The ability for people to choose how they will be ruled
Direct Democracy
Self-Government
Representative Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Virginia Legislature formed in 1619
General Court
Parliament
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Document representing self-government in the Plymouth Colony
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses
What did each colony have by 1750
A Representative Government
A Royal Charter
Quartered British Soldiers
Taxes on Paper Products
Mercantilism was
An economic system that placed the emphasis on traveling merchants
An economic system in which highly taxed goods such as sugar, tea, and paint were sold at a discount to colonies of the mother country
An economic system that made colonies benefit their mother country, sending raw goods and receiving finished products
An economic system in which merchants from other countries are encouraged to come to your land and sell their goods, spreading the wealth among as many countries as possible
What does "The Pursuit of Happiness" mean in the Declaration of Independence
The ability to make choices
The ability to do whatever you want, regardless of how it impacts others
Freedom of Opportunity
The ability to live free from Want
What does "Liberty" mean in the Declaration of Independence
The ability to make choices as to how you live
The ability to do whatever you want, regardless of how it impacts others
Freedom of Opportunity
The ability to live free from Want
How did Jefferson reconcile the statement that all men are created equal with the ownership of slaves?
He believed all slaves should immediately be set free
He believed the slaves should be freed, but that it had to be gradual and the slaves had to be taught skills to survive
He believed that slaves did not count as men
He believed that all slaves should be freed, but only once the Revolutionary War ended
