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The American Revolution: Test Review
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Surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis.
This colonial, hanged as a spy, uttered
these famous last words, “I only regret
that I have but one life to lose for my
country.”
Nathan Hale.
Commanded the British troops landing in
New York at the start of the Revolutionary
War.
William Howe
Helped Washington improve discipline
and morale among his weary troops at
Valley Forge
Marquis de Lafayette
Famous naval captain of the American
Revolution that uttered the famous words,
"I have not yet begun to fight."
John Paul Jones
Required local officials to provide lodging
for British soldiers in private homes.
Quartering Act
Settlement (document) in which Britain
recognized the United States as a new
nation.
Treaty of Paris
Prohibited colonists from settling west of
an imaginary line running north to south
along the Appalachian Mountains.
Royal Proclamation of 1763
(Document that) Legalized the use of
writs of assistance.
Revenue Act of 1767
Warned Lexington that the British were
coming.
Paul Revere
The first skirmish of the French and Indian
War occurred because
a) the French organized Native American
attacks on frontier settlements.
b) both the French and the British wanted
the Ohio River valley.
c) the French ambushed a British
detachment near Quebec City.
d) both the French and the British claimed
Louisiana.
The Albany Plan of Union proposed that
a) the Iroquois unite with the British
against the French.
b) the colonies unite to form a federal
government.
c) the colonies unite with the British
against the French.
d) the colonies unite with the French
against the British.
In response to the Sugar Act, James Otis
argued that the British had no right to tax
the colonies because
a) Britain could not claim authority
over the colonies.
b) Britain had not earned the loyalty
of the colonies.
c) the colonies had no representatives
in Parliament.
d) the colonies were making their own
government.
The Continental Army was first formed
from
a) the minutemen.
b) the militia that won the Battle of Bunker
Hill.
c) the militia raised by George
Washington from all over New England.
d) the militia surrounding the British in
Boston.
American forces suffered their greatest
defeat of the Revolutionary War at
a)
b)
c)
d)
Charles Town
New York City
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Thomas Jefferson considered _______________
to be critical to the republic's success, calling
it the “keystone of our arch of government.”
a) democracy
b) equality for all
c) liberty for all
d) an educated public
After the Boston Massacre, the British
temporarily brought peace to the colonies
by repealing the
a)
b)
c)
d)
Townsend Acts.
Stamp Act.
Sugar Act.
Quartering Act.
The laws known as the “Intolerable Acts”
were the Coercive Acts and the
a) Quebec Act.
b) Tea Act.
c) Sugar Act.
d) Stamp Act.
The American victory at Saratoga was a
turning point in the war because
a) it was the last British offensive of the
war.
b) it convinced Spain to enter the war
on the side of the Americans.
c) it convinced France to send weapons
and supplies to the Americans.
d) it convinced France to commit troops
to the American cause.
In their victory over the British,
Americans were united by all of the
following EXCEPT
a)
b)
c)
d)
a common enemy.
similar cultural beliefs.
a new folklore.
patriotic symbols.
Britain repealed the Stamp Act and replaced
it with the ____ Act(s).
a) Sugar
b) Townsend
c) Tea
d) Coercive
What was one cause of the Revolutionary War?
a) French and Spanish aid to Patriots
b) Native American aid to the British
c) the Proclamation of 1763
d) the Articles of Confederation
“We then were ordered by our commander to
. . . take out all the chests of tea and throw
them overboard. . . . In about three hours . . .
we had thus broken and thrown over board
every tea chest . . . in the ship.”
— George Hewes
How long did it take for Hewes's party to
empty all the ship's tea into the harbor?
a)
b)
c)
d)
three hours
thirty minutes
an hour
five hours
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
According to the quote, what rights are
people entitled to?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
All of these
“[O]ur civil rights have no dependence on our
religious opinions, any more than our opinions
in physics or geometry. . . .”
-The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
According to this quote, what rights are all
people entitled to?
a) freedom of religion
b) civil rights
c) both of these
d) neither of these
Answer 1 of the following questions
completely, in at least 2 paragraphs (4 – 5
sentences each).
1. How did the European balance of power
hamper the British in the American
Revolution?
2. The diagram shows the basic “building
blocks” that form a republic. Explain what
a republic is by describing the role of each
of its three main parts.