WorksheetsAmer Rev & Art of Confed
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Stamp Act and the ________ were two important events before the Revolutionary war.
Declaratory Act
Boston Tea Party
Liberty
Townshend Act
Who wrote the influential pamphlet at the start of the American Revolution, Common Sense?
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Nathanial Greene
Who is most know for Writing the Declaration of Independence?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Who did the colonists fight in the American Revolution?
France
Spain
Great Britain
Germany
Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?
Pay for the cost of their navy ships
Build roads in England
Show colonists who had the power
Pay off debts from the French and Indian War
Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?
Britain and France
Britain and Spain
Colonists and Britain
Indians and French
What territory were the British and French fighting over during the French and Indian War?
Texas
Ohio Valley
New Jersey
Virginia
Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?
the colonists were not upset; they agreed to the taxes
because the taxes were only for the rich people
because they had no representatives in Parliament
because the taxes came from France
What made the colonists mad about the Proclamation of 1763?
they were not allowed to have weapons
they had to allow soldiers in their homes
they paid taxes
it did not allow colonists to settle West of the Appalacian mountains
How did the Colonists protest the Tea Act?
They killed King George III
They didn't protest the act
They organized the Boston Tea Party
The Colonists passed the Intolerable Acts
What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Massacre
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
What did Common Sense convince the colonists to demand from the "Mother Country" (Britain)?
Money
Seperation
Love
Peace
What was the name of Britain's law making body?
Congress
Parliament
Mayflower Compact
Supreme Court
A belief that a country’s security depended on selling more products than it bought (maintaining a positive trade balance); establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country
Navigation Acts
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
A right, such as life and liberty, that a person is born wth
divine right
philosophes
natural rights
contract
WHAT IS "SELF-GOVERNMENT"?
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT.
CREATES NATURAL RIGHTS
SELF-RULE
(PEOPLE RULE THEMSELVES)
ALL OF THESE
Belief that authority comes from reason and not God
Enlightenment
Constitution
Absolutism
Philosophers
The first written plan of self-government in a British colony in North America was the
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Petition of Right
Fundamental Orders
The ______________ was the final attempt by the Continental Congress to avoid war with Great Britain.
Olive Branch Petition
Intolerable Acts
Boycotting of goods
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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 who institutes or creates governments?
The King
The People
The Pope
The President
Which of these is NOT part of the Declaration of Independence?
Statement of Beliefs
Preamble
List of Grievances
Olive Branch Petition
The List of Grievances was the part of the Declaration that
detailed the colonists' complaints with King George III.
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
the start the American Revolution
to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.
to instruct how a county wins its freedom.
How do natural rights, as described in the Declaration of Independence, differ from other rights?
People are born with natural rights.
People can vote to choose natural rights
Natural rights are given only to citizens.
Natural rights come from the government.
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that government cannot take away
Rights that government takes away
rights for aliens
Government is needed to promote equality
Our country's first government.
The Bill of Rights
Constitution of 1783
Article of Confederation.
Declaration of Independence
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
James Madison
What event "showed congress how weak the Articles of Confederation was?
Bacon Rebellion
American Revolution
Shay's Rebellion
Constitution
Fear of a Strong Central government, no way to protect the Country, What weakness was this ?
No power to draft an army
no national court system
What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
the federal government was too weak
It had no legislative branch
The judicial was too powerful
The executive was too powerful
