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WorksheetsUnit III AP US History
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 34mins
Who was king of England during the American Revolution?
George II
George III
Henry IX
Edward VII
Who was the first casualty of the "Boston Massacre"?
Crispus Attucks
Benedict Arnold
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Who authored "Common Sense"?
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Who is known as the "father of the Constitution"?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
James Madison
Who founded the Federalist Party?
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the most famous general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War?
George Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Horatio Gates
Henry Knox
Who was unanimously elected as president?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Who was the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?
John Jay
John Marshall
John Rutledge
Oliver Ellsworth
Who was the leading British general during the Revolutionary War?
Charles Cornwallis
William Howe
George Washington
Henry Clinton
Who was the Prime Minister of England during the Revolutionary War?
Lord North
Charles Cornwallis
William Howe
Charles Townshend
What term refers to colonists who supported apologizing and surrendering to the British?
Patriots
Loyalists
Yankees
Parliamentarians
Which term refers to American colonists who supported independence from Britain?
Loyalists
Patriots
Parliamentarians
Revolutionaries
Who helped lead the Green Mountain Boys in taking Ford Ticonderoga from the British?
Ethan Allen
George Washington
Daniel Boone
Alexander Hamilton
Who is this?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Who was a leading author, printer, diplomat, political theorist, inventor, statesman, and scientist during the American Revolution?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
What was the main rallying cry of the American revolutionaries?
"No taxation without representation!"
"Join or die!"
"We're not gonna take it!"
"No more kings!"
What was the caption under Benjamin Franklin's famous 1754 cartoon of a disjointed snake?
Join or Die
Don't Tread On Me
Venomous Monarchy
Colonies Unite
What was the name for the gathering of representatives from all 13 colonies during the Revolutionary War?
Continental Congress
Constitutional Convention
Congressional Convention
Continental Convention
What groups were organized on the eve of the Revolutionary War to help politically unify the colonies and share colonial interpretations of British actions?
Committees of Correspondence
Continental Committees
Colonial Congresses
Committees of Congress
What "secret" society was the main force behind the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty
Free Masons
Illuminati
American Rejects
What Native American tribes created an elaborate, almost European political system prior to the Revolutionary War?
Iroquois Confederacy
Powhatan Confederacy
Algonquin Tribe
Mohawk Tribe
What European intellectual movement was a direct influence over the political system developed in the new United States?
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Reformation
Romanticism
What document outlined the reasons for the colonies breaking away from England?
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Common Sense
What was the first, and ineffective, national law of the United States?
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Articles of Democracy
Declaration of Independence
Which document, ratified in 1791, became the permanent national law of the United States?
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Which constitutional compromise pertained to the census status of the slave population?
3/5ths compromise
Connecticut compromise
New Jersey compromise
5/8ths compromise
Which constitutional compromise decided how the electoral college representatives would be determined per state?
3/5ths compromise
Connecticut compromise
Massachusetts compromise
5/8ths compromise
What 1754 meeting was the first to occur among all the American colonies?
Albany Congress
Constitutional Convention
Committees of Correspondence
Continental Congress
What global conflict between England and France was known as the Seven Years War in Europe?
French and Indian War
Hundred Years' War
Pequot War
American Revolutionary War
In what year did King George III come to the English throne?
1760
1770
1754
1776
What proclamation, issued after the French and Indian War, closed off westward expansion for the English colonies?
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1776
Emancipation Proclamation
Expansion Proclamation
In what year was the Stamp Act passed?
1765
1770
1775
1760
In what year did the Boston Massacre occur?
1760
1765
1770
1775
In what year did the Boston Tea Party occur?
1773
1775
1770
1767
In what year were the "Intolerable" Acts passed?
1770
1774
1776
1778
In what year did the first Continental Congress meet?
1774
1776
1778
1780
In what year were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War?
1774
1775
1776
1777
What was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
Bunker Hill
In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1775
1776
1777
1778
In what year did Thomas Paine's pamphlet, "Common Sense", get published?
1770
1776
1780
1778
In what year were the Articles of Confederation enacted?
1776
1777
1780
1775
In what year did the French agree to help the Revolutionaries in their war effort?
1778
1775
1780
1770
In what year did Shay's Rebellion occur?
1776
1786
1790
1770
In what year were the "Federalist Papers" published?
1787
1776
1780
1790
Which of the following was NOT an author of the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
In what year was George Washington first elected as president?
1791
1789
1776
1793
In what year was the Northwest Ordinance enacted?
1787
1791
1776
1781
Which of the following was the first decree allowing for accepting new states in western territories?
Northwest Ordinance
Manifest Destiny
Western Ordinance
Expansionist Decree
In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
1776
1783
1787
1791
At which battle did General Cornwallis surrender to American revolutionaries?
Yorktown
Appomattox
Waterloo
Saratoga
In what year was the Treaty of Paris finalized?
1781
1783
1787
1791
What treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of London
Which written work was circulated to garner support for a stronger federal government during the Constitutional Convention?
the Federalist Papers
"Common Sense"
"Poor Richard's Almanac"
The Liberator
Who was the primary author and advocate of the Bill of Rights?
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay
James Madison
What is James Madison most known for?
drafting the Declaration of Independence
advocating for the creation of a national bank
advocating for and authoring the Bill of Rights
being the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Who was the leader of the Federalist party and main advocate for a national bank?
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
John Jay
John Marshall
John Adams
John Rutledge
In what year was the Constitution ratified?
1787
1788
1791
1777
Which of the following accurately represents how slaves were counted for US representation purposes?
5 slaves = 3 people
3 slaves = 5 people
8 slaves = 5 people
5 slaves = 8 people
What did the Connecticut Compromise accomplish?
created a bicameral legislature
ratified the US Constitution
made slaves count as 3/5ths of a person
allowed for the creation of the Bill of Rights
What European intellectual movement had a direct influence over how the new American government was set up?
the Enlightenment
Romanticism
the Renaissance
the Reformation
What were the first two political parties in the US?
federalist and antifederalist
republican and democrat
federalist and democrat
republican and antifederalst
Who is this?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
Who is this?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
Who is this?
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Who is this?
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Who is this?
John Adams
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
