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EduProtocols - American Revolution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An act by the British government that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris 1783

c)

Homestead Act 1867

2.

The principle that the authority of a government should depend on the permission of the people

a)

Consent of the governed

b)

Control of the populace

c)

Representation of the minorities

3.

A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed all letters, official documents, and paper in the colonies

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Acts

4.

A refusal to buy or use goods and services to protest a law or action

a)

Boycott

b)

Sit-In

c)

Grievance

5.

A series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea party

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Abominable Acts

c)

Uncooperative Acts

6.

A meeting between the colonies where they chose George Washington to lead the Continental Army and wrote the Declaration of Independence

a)

2nd Continental Congress

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

Seneca Falls Convention

7.

Rights that are given at birth: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

a)

Unalienable Rights

b)

Constitutional Rights

c)

Political Rights

8.

The turning point during the American Revolutionary War; France became allies with America

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Battles of Lexington & Concord

9.

Last major battle of the Revolution; Britain surrendered to America resulting in the Treaty of Paris

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Bunker Hill

10.

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince the colonists to declare independence from Britain

a)

Common Sense

b)

The American Crisis

c)

The Pit and the Pendulum

11.

A document declaring the American colonies' independence from Britain

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of Freedom

c)

Declaration of Liberty

12.

The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at this location

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Philadelphia

13.

This act required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

14.

This individual was the main author of the Declaration of Independence

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Adams