Unit 4 - American Revolution Era Question Preview (ID: 45096)


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first person killed in the American Revolution - died in the Boston Massacre
a) Marquis de Lafayette
b) Harry R.M. Pitts
c) Crispus Attucks
d)

Repeated attempts to tax the colonists by Parliament eventually led the American colonies to
a) seek independence
b) file grievances against Parliament
c) move to French controlled Louisiana
d)

Washington used the winter here to train and discipline his army
a) Saratoga
b) Valley Forge
c) Yorktown
d) Bunker HIll

authored the Declaration of Independence
a) Thomas Paine
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) John Adams

rights we have as a result of being human... life, liberty, happiness
a) unalienable rights
b) civil rights
c) constitutional rights
d) citizenship

author of Common Sense
a) Thomas Paine
b) Thomas Jefferson
c)
d)

The Treaty of Paris 1783 established this geographic feature as the western border of the United States
a) The Rocky Mountains
b) The Appalachian Mountains
c) The Mississippi River
d)

Last major battle of the American Revolution where British General Cornwallis surrendered
a) Saratoga
b) Yorktown
c) Bunker Hill
d) Lexington

This American victory was a turning point in the war and convinced the French to join the fight against Britain
a) Yorktown
b) Bunker HIll
c) Valley Forge
d) Saratoga

Why were colonists angry about the Proclamation Line in 1763?
a) The French got all land west of the Appalachian Mountains
b) It gave all land east for the Appalachian Mountains to Natives
c) It prohibited them from expanding west
d)

How did colonists repeatedly react to the different acts imposed by Britain?
a) they organized boycotts and protests
b) they made memes of King George
c) The supported Parliament's efforts to raise revenue through taxation
d)

Colonists used the phrase no taxation without representation!... What did this phrase mean?
a) They refused to pay any taxes to Britain
b) They wanted representatives in Parliament to pay the same taxes they did
c) They were angry because they could not serve in Parliament and had no voice or representation
d)

Why were British soldiers sent to Concord in 1775?
a) to arrest John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
b) to seize military supplies from the militia
c) to get some donuts for King George
d)

Who was the French nobleman who fought and helped Washington train American soldiers?
a) Jean Lafitte
b) Marquis de Lafayette
c) Pepe Roni
d)

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