American Revolution Pre-assessment - PowerPoint Presentation

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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

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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

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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

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. A no say for citizens

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. E – all: life , liberty, pursuit of happiness

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. A – French and Indian War

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. D - Constitution

6. C – Patriots (us)

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. C – Loyalists (to the King)

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. B Loyalist (to the King)

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. A - Proclamation of 1763

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.

E – Quartering Act

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. B –Stamp Act

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. D – Tea

A

ct

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. C – Intolerable (punishment)

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. B - taxes

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. B – Common

Sence

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. D – Franklin – went to France

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. C wrote the Dec of

Indepd

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. E – all – boycott, sons of liberty, unity, Minutemen

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. B -allowing citizens vote-representation

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. A -overthrowing the government