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Unit III AP US History

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was king of England during the American Revolution?

a)

George II

b)

George III

c)

Henry IX

d)

Edward VII

2.

Who was the first casualty of the "Boston Massacre"?

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Patrick Henry

3.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

4.

Who authored "Common Sense"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

James Madison

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.

Who is known as the "father of the Constitution"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

6.

Who founded the Federalist Party?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

John Adams

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

Who was the most famous general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War?

a)

George Washington

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Horatio Gates

d)

Henry Knox

8.

Who was unanimously elected as president?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

9.

Who was the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?

a)

John Jay

b)

John Marshall

c)

John Rutledge

d)

Oliver Ellsworth

10.

Who was the leading British general during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

William Howe

c)

George Washington

d)

Henry Clinton

11.

Who was the Prime Minister of England during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Lord North

b)

Charles Cornwallis

c)

William Howe

d)

Charles Townshend

12.

What term refers to colonists who supported apologizing and surrendering to the British?

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

Yankees

d)

Parliamentarians

13.

Which term refers to American colonists who supported independence from Britain?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Parliamentarians

d)

Revolutionaries

14.

Who helped lead the Green Mountain Boys in taking Ford Ticonderoga from the British?

a)

Ethan Allen

b)

George Washington

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

Alexander Hamilton

15.

Who is this?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

16.

Who was a leading author, printer, diplomat, political theorist, inventor, statesman, and scientist during the American Revolution?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

John Adams

17.

What was the main rallying cry of the American revolutionaries?

a)

"No taxation without representation!"

b)

"Join or die!"

c)

"We're not gonna take it!"

d)

"No more kings!"

18.

What was the caption under Benjamin Franklin's famous 1754 cartoon of a disjointed snake?

a)

Join or Die

b)

Don't Tread On Me

c)

Venomous Monarchy

d)

Colonies Unite

19.

What was the name for the gathering of representatives from all 13 colonies during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Continental Congress

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

Congressional Convention

d)

Continental Convention

20.

What groups were organized on the eve of the Revolutionary War to help politically unify the colonies and share colonial interpretations of British actions?

a)

Committees of Correspondence

b)

Continental Committees

c)

Colonial Congresses

d)

Committees of Congress

21.

What "secret" society was the main force behind the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Free Masons

c)

Illuminati

d)

American Rejects

22.

What Native American tribes created an elaborate, almost European political system prior to the Revolutionary War?

a)

Iroquois Confederacy

b)

Powhatan Confederacy

c)

Algonquin Tribe

d)

Mohawk Tribe

23.

What European intellectual movement was a direct influence over the political system developed in the new United States?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Reformation

d)

Romanticism

24.

What document outlined the reasons for the colonies breaking away from England?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Constitution

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Common Sense

25.

What was the first, and ineffective, national law of the United States?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Constitution

c)

Articles of Democracy

d)

Declaration of Independence

26.

Which document, ratified in 1791, became the permanent national law of the United States?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Bill of Rights

27.

Which constitutional compromise pertained to the census status of the slave population?

a)

3/5ths compromise

b)

Connecticut compromise

c)

New Jersey compromise

d)

5/8ths compromise

28.

Which constitutional compromise decided how the electoral college representatives would be determined per state?

a)

3/5ths compromise

b)

Connecticut compromise

c)

Massachusetts compromise

d)

5/8ths compromise

29.

What 1754 meeting was the first to occur among all the American colonies?

a)

Albany Congress

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

Committees of Correspondence

d)

Continental Congress

30.

What global conflict between England and France was known as the Seven Years War in Europe?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Hundred Years' War

c)

Pequot War

d)

American Revolutionary War

31.

In what year did King George III come to the English throne?

a)

1760

b)

1770

c)

1754

d)

1776

32.

What proclamation, issued after the French and Indian War, closed off westward expansion for the English colonies?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Proclamation of 1776

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Expansion Proclamation

33.

In what year was the Stamp Act passed?

a)

1765

b)

1770

c)

1775

d)

1760

34.

In what year did the Boston Massacre occur?

a)

1760

b)

1765

c)

1770

d)

1775

35.

In what year did the Boston Tea Party occur?

a)

1773

b)

1775

c)

1770

d)

1767

36.

In what year were the "Intolerable" Acts passed?

a)

1770

b)

1774

c)

1776

d)

1778

37.

In what year did the first Continental Congress meet?

a)

1774

b)

1776

c)

1778

d)

1780

38.

In what year were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War?

a)

1774

b)

1775

c)

1776

d)

1777

39.

What was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Bunker Hill

40.

In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

1775

b)

1776

c)

1777

d)

1778

41.

In what year did Thomas Paine's pamphlet, "Common Sense", get published?

a)

1770

b)

1776

c)

1780

d)

1778

42.

In what year were the Articles of Confederation enacted?

a)

1776

b)

1777

c)

1780

d)

1775

43.

In what year did the French agree to help the Revolutionaries in their war effort?

a)

1778

b)

1775

c)

1780

d)

1770

44.

In what year did Shay's Rebellion occur?

a)

1776

b)

1786

c)

1790

d)

1770

45.

In what year were the "Federalist Papers" published?

a)

1787

b)

1776

c)

1780

d)

1790

46.

Which of the following was NOT an author of the Federalist Papers?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

James Madison

c)

John Jay

d)

Thomas Jefferson

47.

In what year was George Washington first elected as president?

a)

1791

b)

1789

c)

1776

d)

1793

48.

In what year was the Northwest Ordinance enacted?

a)

1787

b)

1791

c)

1776

d)

1781

49.

Which of the following was the first decree allowing for accepting new states in western territories?

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Western Ordinance

d)

Expansionist Decree

50.

In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?

a)

1776

b)

1783

c)

1787

d)

1791

51.

At which battle did General Cornwallis surrender to American revolutionaries?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Appomattox

c)

Waterloo

d)

Saratoga

52.

In what year was the Treaty of Paris finalized?

a)

1781

b)

1783

c)

1787

d)

1791

53.

What treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Tordesillas

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of London

54.

Which written work was circulated to garner support for a stronger federal government during the Constitutional Convention?

a)

the Federalist Papers

b)

"Common Sense"

c)

"Poor Richard's Almanac"

d)

The Liberator

55.

Who was the primary author and advocate of the Bill of Rights?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Jay

d)

James Madison

56.

What is James Madison most known for?

a)

drafting the Declaration of Independence

b)

advocating for the creation of a national bank

c)

advocating for and authoring the Bill of Rights

d)

being the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

57.

Who was the leader of the Federalist party and main advocate for a national bank?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

John Jay

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

58.

Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

a)

John Jay

b)

John Marshall

c)

John Adams

d)

John Rutledge

59.

In what year was the Constitution ratified?

a)

1787

b)

1788

c)

1791

d)

1777

60.

Which of the following accurately represents how slaves were counted for US representation purposes?

a)

5 slaves = 3 people

b)

3 slaves = 5 people

c)

8 slaves = 5 people

d)

5 slaves = 8 people

61.

What did the Connecticut Compromise accomplish?

a)

created a bicameral legislature

b)

ratified the US Constitution

c)

made slaves count as 3/5ths of a person

d)

allowed for the creation of the Bill of Rights

62.

What European intellectual movement had a direct influence over how the new American government was set up?

a)

the Enlightenment

b)

Romanticism

c)

the Renaissance

d)

the Reformation

63.

What were the first two political parties in the US?

a)

federalist and antifederalist

b)

republican and democrat

c)

federalist and democrat

d)

republican and antifederalst

64.

Who is this?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

65.

Who is this?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

John Adams

66.

Who is this?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

67.

Who is this?

a)

James Madison

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

68.

Who is this?

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington