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- 1. Multiple Choice
When Britain did not enforce the Navigation Acts it was an example of _________.salutary neglecttax revenuesovereigntyembargo - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?Britain was in debt and needed moneyThat was the agreement with the Native AmericansThey made too much moneyTownshend Acts
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the religious movement that helped unite the American colonies?Great AwakeningProtestant ReformationRed ScareFrench & Indian War
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHis beliefs about natural rights helped influence the Declaration of Independence?John LockeKing JohnJawill PaigeAbe Lincoln
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.Stamp ActSugar ActTea ActTownshend Act
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was this poster's meaning?The Colonies needed to be unitedSerpents can grow back togetherColonies need to be independentBen Franklin didn't know why he made this
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat law decreed that the colonist could not settle to the west of the Appalachian Mountains?Quartering ActDeclaration of IndependenceProclamation of 1763Intolerable Act
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWritten by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet sold 500,000 copies and helped sway colonists towards independenceDeclaration of IndependenceConstitution2 Treatise of GovernmentCommon Sense
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThis secret society formed by Boston patriots stirred a protest movement to upset British policies.Sons of AnarchyThe Secret LoyalistsSons of LibertyThe Continentals
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Proclamation in 1763 made colonists angry becauseIt blocked them from moving eastIt blocked them from moving westIt blocked them from free tradeIt blocked them from setting their own taxes
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe man responsible for writing most of the Declaration of Independence was,John AdamsThomas JeffersonBenjamin FranklinGeorge Washington
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis was a colonist who resisted British rule.redcoatloyalistPippinpatriot
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis person was a colonist who supported the King.PatriotKhanLoyalistMinuteman
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThese were colonists who could prepare to fight in a very short period of time.RedcoatsLobster backsMinutemenLoyalists
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis event happened when a crowd of protesters threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers, who fired into the crowd.Stamp ActBoston Tea partyBoston MassacreIntolerable Acts
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWho commanded the Continental Army?Henry KnoxJohn HancockBenedict ArnoldGeorge Washington
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich battle started the American Revolution?Battle of YorktownTrenton and PrincetonSaratogaLexington and Concord
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a result of the battle of Trenton?The British Army surrendered to Benedict ArnoldGeorge Washington surprised and defeated a group of Hessian soldiersThe war endedThe French decided to send aid to the Americans
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe legislative body that met in Philadelphia and authorized the Declaration of IndependenceCommittees of CorrespondenceParliamentContinental CongressSons of Liberty
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe French nobleman who accompanied Washington for most of the war and lobbied for the French King to help the AmericansMontcalmLafayetteCornwallisHowe
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis enslaved person wrote poems and plays supporting American independence.Harriet TubmanBenjamin BannekerPaul ReverePhillis Wheatley
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis member of the Continental Congress helped gain French support for American independence.Thomas JeffersonBenjamin FranklinPatrick HenryJohn Adams
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe location of what event is shown on this map?Lexington and ConcordFirst Continental CongressSaratogaYorktown
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich battle ended the Revolutionary War?Battle of YorktownBattle of LexingtonBattle of ConcordBattle of Saratoga
- 25. Multiple ChoiceHow were the Americans able to defeat the British?Better trained soldiersAssistance of the FrenchA superior navyAssistance of the Hessians
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