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