Unit 3: American Independence Question Preview (ID: 53241)


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Which action was taken by the leaders of the 13 colonies in 1776
a) Announce independence from Britain
b) Ratify US Constitution
c) Establishing three branches of government
d) Election

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tension between colonies and British?
a) Impose taxes
b) Ended the French Indian war
c) Limited colonial expansion West of the Appalachian mountains
d) Placed royal governors

Which of the following British actions led American colonists to claim that taxes were given without consent?
a) Quebec Act
b) Stamp Act
c) Bill of Rights
d) Navigation Acts

British began imposing taxes on colonists following what war?
a) Civil war
b) American Revolution
c) Alamo
d) French Indian War

How did French aristocrat Marquis de Lafeatte contribute to American revolution?
a) He spied on British troops
b) Provided funds to British
c) Commanded troops for colonists, against British
d) He negotiated the Treaty of Paris

Why would writings to Mercy Otis Warren be informative to a historian?
a) Author of the earliest accounts for the American Revolution
b) wrote common sense
c) was alive during the war
d) wrote declaration of independence

Thomas Paine contributed to the revolutionary cause by
a) Fought as a British commander
b) Wrote common sense to patriots
c) Father of Navy
d) Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Where did General Washington camp the Continental Army for training over the bitter winter of 1777-1778?
a) New York
b) South Carolina
c) Valley Forge
d) Britain

Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
a) Saratoga
b) Gettysburg
c) Jamestown
d) Lexington

A significant accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress in 1776 was
a) Wrote the declaration of Independence
b) approved bill of rights
c) signed treaty of Paris
d) Creating constitution

The Treaty of Paris in 1783 recognized that the newly formed United States would be
a) Is a monarchy
b) Independent from British rule
c) Gave US Canada
d) Allied with French

Turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War?
a) Lexington
b) Bunker Hill
c) Saratoga
d) Concord

In the Declaration of Independence, unalienable rights are listed as
a) fear, want, tyranny
b) freedom, fear promise
c) speech, religion, petition
d) life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Jefferson referred to unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence, he was describing
a) freedoms given by the local government
b) Natural rights to all humans
c) liberties belonging to all U.S. citizens
d) limitations on the rights

Protests and demonstrations that followed the Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts were ex. of...
a) boycott
b) Unalienable rights
c) Civil disobedience
d) lieable rights

Which of the following groups opposed the Declaration of Independence?
a) Patriots
b) colonist
c) congress
d) Loyalist

Who is considered the founder of the U.S. Navy?
a) John Paul Jones
b) Nathaniel Bacon
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) George Washington

What was Abigail Adams known for?
a) Declaring Independence
b) Common sense
c) Women’s rights movement
d) Nurse of the war

Spying for the Patriots, Fundraising for the Revolutionary Army, taking a cannon... All these represent?
a) French fighters
b) Women Patriots
c) military officer
d) enslaved people

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