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American
Revolution
Pre-assessmentSlide2
1. Who was the tyrant referenced in the
Declaration of Independence?
a. Queen Elizabeth
b. King George
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas PaineSlide3
2. What is the best definition of
tyranny?
a.
Not
allowing citizens to have
any
say in the
government
b. Allowing
a legislative body to
determine
tax
policy
c. Maintaining
a standing
army
d. Passing
laws that some people
don’t
like
Slide4
3. The
Declaration of Independence
proclaimed
that people were born with
the
following unalienable right(s
).
a. life
b. liberty
c. Pursuit of happiness
d. A and B
e. All of the aboveSlide5
4. Which
conflict lead to the American Revolution?
a. French and Indian War
b. 100 Years War
c. French Revolution
d. World War
I
Slide6
5.
Which document served as the framework for the U.S. government
?
a. Declaration of Independence
b. Stamp Act
c. Tea Act
d. The ConstitutionSlide7
6. American colonists who were
determined
to fight the British until
American
independence was won
were
known as a(n
)
a. Loyalists (or Tories)
b. traitors
c. Patriots
d. Native AmericansSlide8
7. American colonists who supported
and
maintained ties to the Kingdom
of
Great Britain (and the British
monarchy
) during the American
Revolutionary
War were known as a(n
)
a. Rebels
b. Revolutionaries
c. Loyalists (or Tories)
d. American WhigsSlide9
8. Judging
from the French engraving by F. Godefroy, 1774, was John Malcolm
a
patriot or a loyalist
?
a. Patriot
b. LoyalistSlide10
9. The order which stated that all lands
west of the Appalachian Mountains
were
off-limits to the colonists for
settlement.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering ActSlide11
10. This act required that the soldiers
from Great
Britain be housed in
American barracks
and public
houses.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering ActSlide12
11.
This act imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies
.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering ActSlide13
12. A law that gave one company, the
East
India
Tea Company, the exclusive
right
to
import tea to the colonies
. a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering Act Slide14
13. Series of laws put in place as punishment
to
the colonists in response to the
Boston
Tea Party
.
a. Proclamation of 1763 b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering Act Slide15
14.
What was the main issue that got colonists talking about
revolution?
a. Destroyed
crops
b. Taxes
c. An
unpopular British
king
d. A
tea shortageSlide16
15. How did Thomas Paine inspire
the American
colonists
?
a.
Through
a series of public
speeches
b. Through
a widely read pamphlet
titled, “Common
Sense
”
c. Through
a series of newspaper
articles
d. By
co-writing the Declaration of
IndependenceSlide17
16.
How did Ben Franklin help the American war
effort?
a.
By writing the Declaration of
I
ndependence
b.
By serving as President of the
Continental Congress
c.
By serving as a general in the
Continental Army
d.
By convincing the French government
to aid colonistsSlide18
17.
What role did Thomas Jefferson play during the Second Continental Congress
a. He
served as President of the
Congress
b.
He was the first member to sign
the
Declaration of Independencec. He
wrote the first draft of the
Declaration
of
Independence
d. He
helped Ben Franklin edit the
first draft
of
the
Declaration of
IndependenceSlide19
18.
What role did Samuel Adams play
in
the American Revolution
?
a.
He boycotted British goods in
Boston.
b. He
promoted unity among all the 13
colonies
in America
.
c. He
formed the Minutemen, the first
armed force
to fight in the American
Revolutionary
War
.
d. b
and
c
e. all
of the aboveSlide20
19.
How could the British government have prevented the American
Revolution?
a.
By forcing King George III to give
up
the throne
b. By
allowing colonists to elect
representatives
to
Parliament
c. By
overruling the decisions of the
colonial legislatures
d. By
increasing taxes on the colonistsSlide21
20. Which statement best describes a revolution?
a. overthrowing one government and
replacing it with another
b. turning the soil in preparation for planting
c. process in which a new leader is elected
every four years
d. process for determining the average income
of people within a country
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Look up the answers in your notebook… I’ll be glad to help you.
1. B King George III
2
. A no say for citizens
3
. E – all: life , liberty, pursuit of happiness
4
. A – French and Indian War
5
. D - Constitution
6. C – Patriots (us)
7
. C – Loyalists (to the King)
8
. B Loyalist (to the King)
9
. A - Proclamation of 1763
10
.
E – Quartering Act
11
. B –Stamp Act
12
. D – Tea
A
ct
13
. C – Intolerable (punishment)
14
. B - taxes
15
. B – Common
Sence
16
. D – Franklin – went to France
17
. C wrote the Dec of
Indepd
18
. E – all – boycott, sons of liberty, unity, Minutemen
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. B -allowing citizens vote-representation
20
. A -overthrowing the government