American Revolution - Quiz
A) 18th century B) 17th century C) 15th century D) 16th century
A) Creation of the Dominion of New England B) Declaration of Independence C) End of the monarchy D) Union of England and Scotland
A) English Civil War B) Glorious Revolution C) French Revolution D) Thirty Years' War
A) Southern plantation colonies B) The Caribbean colonies C) Puritan colonies of New England D) Middle colonies
A) Charles I B) Charles II C) James II D) William III
A) King William's War B) The English Civil War C) The Seven Years' War D) King Philip's War
A) Oliver Cromwell B) Charles II and James II C) William and Mary D) Edmund Andros
A) Dominion of New England B) British Colonial Union C) North American Province D) United Colonies of America
A) Charles II B) James II C) William of Orange D) Edmund Andros
A) Glorious Revolution of 1688 B) King Philip's War C) English Civil War D) Boston revolt
A) A religious uprising B) Dominion rule C) Taxation on tea D) The death of the king
A) Edmund Andros B) James II C) William and Mary D) Charles II
A) King-in-Parliament B) The royal governors C) The House of Lords D) The House of Commons
A) The House of Commons B) The colonial assembly C) The House of Lords D) The Crown
A) The general public B) The royal governor C) The King D) Property owners
A) The right to veto B) The right to draft C) The right to rename D) The right to enforce
A) Under direct military occupation B) Almost completely self-governing C) Governed entirely by the King D) Strictly controlled by London
A) Imperial integration B) Constitutional absolutism C) Salutary neglect D) Direct rule
A) The monarch and his family B) Gentry and merchants C) The colonial governors D) Aristocrats only
A) The British constitution B) The American Constitution C) The Magna Carta only D) French colonial law
A) 1776–1783 B) 1765–1789 C) 1763–1791 D) 1775–1783
A) King George III B) Thomas Jefferson C) George Washington D) General Cornwallis
A) July 4, 1776 B) July 4, 1775 C) September 3, 1783 D) July 2, 1776
A) The right to free trade B) Taxation without representation C) The need for a standing army D) The abolition of slavery
A) Stamp Act B) Townshend Acts C) Intolerable Acts D) Lee Resolution
A) 1783 B) 1776 C) 1791 D) 1789
A) Massachusetts B) Pennsylvania C) New York D) Georgia
A) General Cornwallis B) King George III C) The Fox–North coalition D) General Washington
A) Affirming support for joint independence B) To end the Stamp Act C) To tax the colonies D) To create the Continental Army
A) 1783 B) 1789 C) 1791 D) 1776
A) 1775 B) 1765 C) 1773 D) 1770
A) The Reformation B) Anglicanism C) First Great Awakening D) The Second Great Awakening
A) They lowered taxes on colonial goods B) They pursued greater control over colonial affairs C) They granted independence to the colonies D) They withdrew troops from the colonies
A) Thomas Jefferson B) William Penn C) Capt. Levi Preston D) George Washington
A) Congregational Protestantism B) Quakerism C) The Church of England D) Roman Catholicism
A) Socialism B) Feudalism C) Capitalism D) Mercantilism
A) Building a self-sufficient empire B) Expanding territorial borders C) Promoting free trade D) Establishing a colonial democracy
A) Iron Act 1750 B) Molasses Act 1733 C) Wool Act 1698 D) Hat Act 1731
A) Textile manufacturing B) Steel production C) Shipbuilding D) Hat making
A) Two pence per gallon B) Ten pence per gallon C) Six pence per gallon D) One shilling per gallon
A) Smuggling B) Production of local molasses C) Direct trade with Britain D) Legal lobbying
A) Immediately after it was passed B) After the 1760s C) After the 1740s D) After the 1690s
A) 10,000 B) 5,000 C) 45,000 D) 133,000
A) 1,500 B) 5,000 C) 45,000 D) 10,000
A) £133 million B) £360,000 C) £5 million D) £78,000
A) 1767 B) 1763 C) 1773 D) 1770
A) John Dickinson B) Benjamin Franklin C) Thomas Jefferson D) Samuel Adams
A) Gaspee B) Liberty C) Independence D) Resolution
A) John Adams B) Samuel Adams C) John Hancock D) Patrick Henry
A) 3 B) 5 C) 8 D) 11
A) Lord Grenville B) Lord Townshend C) Lord North D) Lord Rockingham
A) Boston Massacre B) Boston Tea Party C) Liberty Riot D) Gaspee Affair
A) Thomas Hutchinson B) John Hancock C) Andrew Oliver D) Samuel Adams
A) John Adams B) Benjamin Franklin C) Patrick Henry D) Thomas Jefferson
A) March 5, 1770 B) December 16, 1773 C) June 10, 1768 D) January 1, 1773
A) Merchants B) Government officials C) Loyalists D) Patriots
A) Britain B) The colony where the crime occurred C) Massachusetts D) Pennsylvania
A) The Colonial Parliament B) Massachusetts Provincial Congress C) Committees of Correspondence D) The First Continental Congress
A) Virginia B) Pennsylvania C) Massachusetts D) New York
A) Thomas Jefferson B) Benjamin Franklin C) George Washington D) Joseph Galloway
A) It was adopted by a majority B) It was tabled C) It was rejected by the King D) It was passed unanimously
A) The British Parliament B) Local committees C) The British Army D) Royal governors
A) A series of British taxes B) A proposal for a colonial Parliament C) A treaty with France D) A document issued by Patriots
A) January 1776 B) June 1775 C) February 1775 D) April 1775
A) Universal manhood suffrage B) Weak governors C) Bicameral legislatures D) Prohibition of multiple government posts
A) Dorchester Heights B) Philadelphia C) New York D) Independence Hall
A) Richard Henry Lee B) Benjamin Franklin C) Thomas Jefferson D) George Washington
A) 9 B) 13 C) 5 D) 56
A) Thirteen B) Five C) Nine D) Fifty-six
A) Give me liberty or give me death B) All men are created equal C) No taxation without representation D) We the people |
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