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American Identity

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This person was frustrated with the of religious emotion he scared people with images of hell

a)

Lexington

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

George Whitefield

d)

John Locke

2.

Traveling minister

  • - very loud and theoretical voice

a)

John locke

b)

Johnathan Edwards

c)

George Whitefield

d)
Roaming clergyman
3.

This limited the power of the Monarchs by subjecting them to the rule of law

a)

magna carta

b)

Parliament

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Revolution

4.

What did King James II favor during the revolution (2 answers)

a)
Protestantism
b)

French

c)
Religious freedom
d)
Catholicism
5.

Many individuals fearing England might become Catholic, Protestants overthrow James and insert William and Mary and monarchs

a)

revolution

b)

Magna carta

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Parliament

6.

Guarantees rights to English subjects. Gave parliament power over the Monarchs

a)
Magna Carta
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
English Bill of Rights
7.

English law making body

a)
Senate
b)
Parliament
c)
House of Representatives
d)
Congress
8.

Human reason over superstition and science over blind faith. Use rational thought to improve in society

a)

Parliment

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Magna Carta

d)

English Bill of Rights

9.

This person challenged God given right to rule. He thought that people had natural rights, and if the government fails to protect these rights then they can change it.

a)
Karl Marx
b)
John Locke
c)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
d)
Thomas Hobbes
10.

Which was not apart of the Great Awakening

a)

Religion becoming stale and not as personal

b)

preachers alter their messages to revive faith

c)

created more religious tolerance as new Protestant denominated formed

d)

Church's went to the more formal approach of preaching

11.

Followers of the Great Awakenign tended to be more what

a)
atheist
b)

low to middle class with little education

c)

there was no specific they had a large mix

d)

High class individuals with education

12.

Competition between France and England for fur and land

a)

French and Indian War

b)
Exploration of South America
c)
Conflict over religious beliefs
d)
Trade routes in Asia
13.

Washington foes to Fort Duquesne and tells the French to leave. Then built Fort Necessity and later the French defeat him

a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)

Ohio River Valley

c)

Albany Plan of Union

d)
Abraham Lincoln
14.

Benjamin Franklin tells colonies to unite to form 13 colonies. (this never fell through)

a)

Battle of Quebec

b)

Albany Plan of Union

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Ohio River Valley

15.

British surprise French by climbing steep hills at night. British win; turning point of war.

a)
Battle of Quebec
b)
Battle of Hastings
c)
Battle of Trafalgar
d)
Battle of Waterloo
16.

Ended the war. France loses control of land in Lord America

a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Berlin
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Treaty of London
17.

British refuse to give gifts to Natives like the French. War erupts in the Great Lakes Region

a)

Proclamation Line

b)

Pontiac's Rebellion

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Ohio River Valley

18.

Colonists can't print paper money.

They have to pay in gold and silver

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Currency Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Stamp Act

19.

Enforced to stop smuggling (sugar, wine, coffee)

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Currency Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)
embargo
20.

Courts sanctioned by the British that didn't have juries

a)

Declaratory Act

b)

Daughters of Liberty

c)

Vice-Admiralty courts

d)

Quartering Act

21.

Taxed all paper documents in the colonies. 1st direct tax on colonists

a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Townshend Acts
22.

Colonists had to house and feed British troops

a)

Quartering Act

b)
Spanish soldiers
c)

Stamp Act

d)
American colonists
23.

Colonists feel rights are violated as British subjects. No taxation without representation.

a)

Colonial Protests

b)

sons of liberty

c)

Vice-Admirality act

d)

Townshed revenue acts

24.

This was formed in Boston. Used violence as a way to protest.

a)

quartering act

b)

daughters of liberty

c)

sons of liberty

d)

Declaratory act

25.

Protest by boycotting and making their own products

a)
Protest by buying more products
b)

sons of liberty

c)

daughters of liberty

d)

declaratory act

26.

Parliament had power to tax colonies. Great Britain had supreme authority

a)

vice-admiralty courts

b)

thownshed revenue

c)

sons of liberty

d)

Decleratory Act

27.

Taxes on British imported goods like paper, lead, paint, tea, and glass

higher taxes and stronger British force

a)
Increased cost of goods
b)

Townshend Revenue Act

c)
Unfair taxation
d)
British control over imports
28.

Writs of assistance:

a)

protests by boycotting

b)

Search warrants to look for smuggled goods

c)

towns men who raided homes

d)

people force to vote

29.

Crowd of colonists throwing items at soldiers (rocks, ice)

British fire into the crowd killing 5 people

Crispus Attucks first to die

Colonists use propaganda painting to their advantage

Townshend Acts repealed except the tax on tea

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

The first continental congress

c)
The tax on stamps
d)

boston tea party

30.

Communication lines between colonies that encouraged opposition to British policies was known as __

a)
Alliance of Correspondence
b)
Coalition of Communication
c)
Letters of Agreement
d)
Committees of Correspondence
31.

East India Company gets monopoly to sell tea directly to the colonies (cheaper than the smuggled Dutch tea)

Undercut colonial merchants (lost money)

a)

Tea Act of 1773

b)

Lexington

c)

first continental congress

d)
Collaborated with colonial merchants
32.

Which 3 things where true of the Boston Tea Party??

a)

Colonists not allowing British ships to unload their tea

b)

Governor Hutchinson refuses to send ships back without the tea being unloaded

c)

Colonists can’t print paper money

Have to pay in gold and silver

d)

Sons of Liberty dress as Mohawk Indians and board three ships (Beaver, Dartmouth, and Elanor) and destroy the tea

33.

Laws that only punished Massachusetts

Boston port closed until tea is repaid

Unites colonists against Britain

a)

Coercive Acts

b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Boston Tea Party
34.

Representatives from 12 colonies meet in Philadelphia

Agree to boycott British goods until Coercive Acts are repealed

a)

concord

b)

First continental congress

c)

tea act of 1773

d)

coercive acts

35.

where did the Arrest of Samuel Adams and John Hancock occur?

a)
Boston, Massachusetts
b)
Concord, Massachusetts
c)
Salem, Massachusetts
d)
Lexington, Massachusetts
36.

where did they confiscate weapons and ammunition?

a)

minneapolis

b)

midnight ride

c)

lexington

d)

Concord

37.

What was the midnight ride?

a)
George Washington's ride
b)
Abraham Lincoln's ride
c)

Warn colonists of British movement

d)
Thomas Jefferson's ride
38.

British met by local militia in Lexington and unknown shot is fired this is also known as what?

a)
Skirmish of Lexington
b)
War of Lexington
c)

the shot herd around the world

d)
Conflict of Lexington
39.

British set fire to the town

Minutemen arrive and shooting starts

Colonists follow the British back to Boston shooting the entire time

Where did all of this info occur?

a)
Philadelphia
b)
New York
c)

Concord

d)
Washington D.C.
40.

which were 3 outcomes of the war

a)

War doubled Britain’s national debt

b)

Keeping military in N. America was draining funds

c)

Everyone split up peacefully with no harm

d)

Believed that colonists should help pay their share

41.

What was the proclamation line for?

a)

A treaty signed by the American colonies

b)

colonists can’t settle west of Appalachian mts

c)

A military strategy used by the British

d)

A document declaring independence from Britain

42.

what was the new colonial identity

a)
Sense of division and conflict
b)
Lack of identity and unity
c)

War was 1st taste of unity for the 13 colonies

d)
Strong attachment to the mother country