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2nd Six Weeks Test Review KEY
Your Six Weeks Test will be Tuesday, November 4th. Yes, this review is for a grade! 
1. Prior to the American Revolution, the Appalachian Mountains was the landform that set the
western boundary of the Thirteen American colonies.
2. Before the year 1763, the colonists for the most part, had been left to govern themselves.
3. Two major effects of the French and Indian War were 1) unfair taxation and 2) reduced need for
protection from the French.
4. While the Proclamation of 1763 was designed to promote peace between American colonists and
Native Americans by banning western expansion, it felt like tyranny to the colonists.
5. The Stamp Act was upsetting to the colonists because it seemed like taxation without
representation, or consent of the governed.
6. The Townshend Acts and the Tea Acts were considered to be taxation without representation by
the colonists.
7. A riot between colonists and British soldiers in Boston was known as the Boston Massacre.
8. One effect of the Intolerable Acts: they united, or brought colonists together, against Great Britain.
9. Patrick Henry said, “Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!” He was a patriot.
10. According to the Declaration of Independence, the purpose of government is to protect the rights of
the people.
11. George Washington was chosen to command the Continental Army.
12. The main impact of the pamphlet Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, was it persuaded
many colonists it was time to declare independence.
13. The Olive Branch Petition was sent to King George III by the 1st Continental Congress was to
restore peace and harmony with the colonies.
14. The Declaration of Independence was written to explain why the colonists felt it necessary to
separate from Great Britain.
15. According to the Declaration of Independence, inalienable rights are rights people are born with
and cannot be taken away. These include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
16. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th, 1776. It is now known as
Independence Day.
17. A colonial example of Civil Disobedience was the Boston Tea Party which resulted in the
destruction of over 300 crates of tea.
18. The Intolerable Acts, 1st Continental Congress, and Common Sense all took place during the
Revolutionary era.
19. Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry were both leaders of the Sons of Liberty.
20. New England merchants were the group that benefitted most from the Transatlantic Trade.
Enslaved Africans had the worst treatment under the Transatlantic Trade.
21. According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of the government is to protect the
rights of individuals. If a government fails to do this, then the people can overthrow the government.
22. The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
23. According to the economic theory of mercantilism, the purpose of the thirteen colonies was to
provide Great Britain with raw materials and markets.
24. One political cause of the American Revolution was lack of colonial representation in Parliament.
25. One economic cause of the American Revolution was excessive taxation.
26. Samuel Adams was a leader of the Sons of Liberty.
27. The battles at Lexington and Concord proved that the colonists were willing to fight for the right to
govern themselves.
28. The colonists resented the Proclamation of 1763 because of the limits it imposed on their freedom
to expand westward.
30. Americans used the slogan, “No taxation without representation!” because of their belief in the
consent of the governed.
31. Put these events in the correct chronological order:
1. Magna Carta (1215)
2. Mayflower Compact (1620)
3. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
4. French and Indian War (1756 -1763)
5. Boston Tea Party (1773)
6. Coercive (Intolerable) Acts (1774)
7. Declaration of Independence (1776)