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Topic 4 Study Questions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?
a)
They argued for more taxes
b)
They moved to the Atlantic Coast
c)
They resorted to smuggling
d)
They went to court
2.
What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?
a)
Coercive Acts
b)
Continental Congress
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
Suffolk Resolves
3.
Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Mason
b)
George Stout
c)
John Adams
d)
John Locke
4.
Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Liberty Affair
5.
After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?
a)
Battle of Boston
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Battle of Concord
d)
Battle of Lexington
6.
What did the Olive Branch Petition ask the king to do?
a)
leave America
b)
protect the colonists' rights
c)
go to war against France
d)
stop taxation
7.
What was an advantage for the Americans during the American Revolution?
a)
A larger army and dominant navy
b)
An organized and well-trained fighting force
c)
Fighting on their own land for their own cause
d)
Greater supplies of weapons and ammunition
8.
On Christmas night in 1776, the Patriots scored a victory at
a)
Battle of Trenton
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Bunker Hill
d)
Battle of Saratoga
9.
Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Boston
c)
Philidelphia
d)
Broadway
10.
The volunteer from France who became Washington’s trusted aide was
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Marquis de Lafayette
d)
John Adams
11.
The British recognized the United States as an independent nation in the
a)
Magna Carta
b)
War of 1812
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Declaration of Independence
12.
Leaving the army without permission meant
a)
Desertion
b)
Promotion
c)
Retirement
d)
Vacation
13.

Tax enforced following the French and Indian War. Tax on paper products.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Boston Tea Party

14.

What were some of the causes of the American Revolution?

a)

Introduction of universal suffrage

b)

Expansion of trade routes

c)

Imposition of taxes without representation

d)

Abolition of slavery

15.

A famous slogan, popular during the American Revolution, was: “No taxation without representation.”

This slogan referred to taxes enacted by —

a)

New England town meetings

b)


colonial assemblies of the thirteen colonies

c)

the Parliament of Great Britain

d)

the First Continental Congress

16.
This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Tea Act
17.

This battle is known as the "turning point" in the Revolutionary War.

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

18.

The first battles of the Revolutionary War were

a)

Boston and Trenton

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Cowpens and Yorktown

d)

Bunker Hill and Saratoga

19.

The Olive Branch Petition was a document to meant to bring

a)

reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain

b)

independence for the colonies

c)

England peace with France

d)

France peace with the colonies.

20.

Loyalists were colonists who

a)

supported abolishing the colonies in America and moving back to England

b)

supported independence

c)

supported the Great Britain/King George and wanted to stay British Colonies

d)

supported War with Great Britain

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