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1. The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Year War, was fought
between England and France on the North American continent.
2. The Albany Congress was a meeting of English colonial leaders at the beginning of
the French and Indian War. The meeting, and the war, helped build a sense of unity
among the colonies.
3. In 1763, the French surrendered to the British, however the war had great vast
amounts of debt for each empire.
4. The Proclamation of 1763 forbid colonist moving west of the Appalachian
Mountains. This was done to ease tensions with the Native Americans
5. The British Parliament created a number of Acts (taxes) to be placed on the
colonist to raise money to pay off the war debt. The colonist had no representation,
elected or otherwise, in the British Parliament.
6. The Sugar Act imposed a duty, or import tax, on a number of imported products, like
molasses. (1764)
7. The Quartering Act demanded that colonist house and feed British soldiers in their
homes. The colonist protested and believed that the Parliament was violating their
rights. (1765)
8. The Stamp Act required colonist to pay a special stamp tax on all sort of
documentation, like newspapers, contracts, licenses, and wills. The colonies met in
New York to protest the Stamp Act. This was known as the Stamp Act Congress.
9. The Tea Act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the
colonial tea market. While the Tea Act actually lowered the price of tea, the monopoly
made the colonist angry.
10. In a reaction to this act, some colonist in Boston staged the Boston Tea Party.
Dressed as Native Americans, a group of protesters dumped over three
hundred cases of tea into Boston Harbor.
11. In 1775, the Battle of Lexington & Concord took place between the
minutemen, or citizen soldiers of the colonies, and the British soldiers. This was the
first battle of the revolution.
12. The Second Continental Congress met in 1775. At first divided on the idea of
independence, they ultimately decided to write and support the Declaration of
Independence.
13. In 1776, Thomas Paine distributed his 50-page pamphlet titled “Common Sense.”
His argument was that the colonies should be independent. Common Sense helped
win support from the colonist for independence.
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14. On July 4 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of
Independence. It primarily w a s written by Thomas Jefferson and officially stated the
colonies independence from England as well as list the colonies grievance against the
king.
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15. In 1778, France officially became an ally of the American movement of
independence.
16. The Treaty of Paris 1783 ended the war, and internationally recognized the
independence of the American colonies. Congress approved the treaty on April
15, 1783.
17. The Articles of Confederation was the first document that created the national
government. It created only one branch of government, the legislature. The Articles of
Confederation created a weak national government and allowed state governments to be
more powerful.
18. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set up
the process for territories to become states. It
required that a territory have a free population of
60,000 in order to apply for statehood.
19. An economic depression in the mid 1780ʼs
greatly affected farmers. Daniel Shays led a
rebellion of angry farmers against the
Massachusetts government. His rebellion led
the leaders of the nation to believe they needed
a stronger national government to prevent further
rebellion, and to balance the power of the statesʼ
governments.
20. How many American Colonies were there that went to war with Great Britain in the American War of
Independence?
A: 9
B: 12
C: 13
D: 50
------------------------------------21. What year was the Constitution of the United States formulated?
A: 1887
B: 1776
C: 1797
D: 1787
------------------------------------22. What year was the Stamp Act crisis?
A: 1765
B: 1770
C: 1759
D: 1760
------------------------------------23. "What philosopher stated that all individuals possessed certain ""natural rights""-such as life, liberty, and
the pursuit of property?"
A: John Adams
B: John Locke
C: John Smith
D: John Wesley
------------------------------------24. Who urged the House of Burgesses to condemn the Stamp Act?
A: Henry James
B: George Washington
C: Patrick Henry
D: John Adams
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25. Who forcibly prevented the distribution of stamps and forced the resignation of the stamp collectors?
A: The Freedom Force
B: US Calvary
C: The Boston Militia
D: Sons of Liberty
------------------------------------26. Who came wrote the Townshend Acts?
A: Charles Townshend
B: John Dickenson
C: King William II
D: William Pitt
------------------------------------27. What were the Townshend Acts?
A: Tax's on sugar
B: Duties’ on glass, lead, paper, and tea
C: Laws against murder
D: Laws against freedom of religion
------------------------------------28. Who protested by meeting to spin yarn for cloth and avoid purchasing cloth from British manufacturers?
A: Daughters of Liberty
B: Wives of Hope
C: Freedom Sewers
D: Women of Freedom
------------------------------------29. ***** new quote you haven’t heard before !!! **** Who said that the British government should: ""Repeal
the laws, renounce the right, recall the troops, refund the money, and return to the old method of
requisition.""?"
A: King George III
B: Benjamin Franklin
C: Frederick North
D: Thomas Hutchinson
------------------------------------30. Who was the governor of Massachusetts in the early 1770s that was for independent American colonies?
A: Benjamin Franklin
B: James Madison
C: Patrick Henry
D: Thomas Hutchinson
------------------------------------31. What was the incident where British troops fired on a mob, killing five people in Boston, later called?
A: Boston Massacre
B: Boston Tea Party
C: Boston Killing
D: Tax Massacre
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------------------------------------33. Who helped establish the Committee of Correspondence in the Massachusetts assembly?
A: Patrick Henry
B: Samuel Adams
C: Lord North
D: John Adams
------------------------------------34. The Boston Tea Party took place in?
A: 1775
B: 1771
C: 1773
D: 1768
------------------------------------35. Who secured the Tea Act to assist the East India Company?
A: Samuel Adams
B: Thomas Jefferson
C: William Howard
D: Lord North
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36. What did the patriots disguise themselves as at the Boston Tea Party?
A: Fish
B: Native Americans
C: Pirates
D: Women
------------------------------------37. Where was the first Continental Congress held?
A: Boston
B: Richmond
C: Jamestown
D: Philadelphia
------------------------------------38. Who warned the colonial militia that British General Gage was coming?
A: Patrick Henry William Dawes, Prescott Chesswell
B: Thomas Jefferson, Wentworth Chesswell, Paul Revere
C: Paul Revere, William Dawes, Wentworth Chesswell
D: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, William Dawes
------------------------------------39. Where were the first battles between the British army and the colonial militia?
A: Boston and Philadelphia
B: Lexington and Concord
C: Concord and Boston
D: Lexington and Philadelphia
------------------------------------40. Who wrote Common Sense?
A: Thomas Paine
B: Thomas Jefferson
C: Samuel Adams
D: John Adams
------------------------------------41. Who led the Continental Army?
A: Samuel Adams
B: George Washington
C: Patrick Henry
D: Charles Lee
------------------------------------42. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A: George Washington
B: Samuel Adams
C: Thomas Jefferson
D: John Hancock
------------------------------------43. When did congress order the publication of the Declaration of Independence?
A: June 3, 1776
B: July 1, 1776
C: July 4, 1776
D: September 3, 1776
------------------------------------44. What document declared the colonies as the free and independent United States of America?
A: Bill of Rights
B: Common Sense
C: Declaration of Independence
D: The Freedom Essay
------------------------------------45. What European countries did the American Colonies receive important aid from?
A: Germany and Russia
B: Italy and Greece
C: Sweden and Norway
D: Spain and France
------------------------------------46. What was the largest active force the Continental Army ever had at one time?
A: 150,000 Troops
B: 85000 Troops
C: 24,000 Troops
D: 175,000 Troops
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47. Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
A: Boston
B: Saratoga
C: Yorktown
D: Philadelphia
------------------------------------48. Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
A: Boston
B: Philadelphia
C: Saratoga
D: Yorktown
------------------------------------49. Who was the British General at the Battle of Bunker Hill?
A: Gage
B: Howe
C: North
D: Hutchinson
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------------------------------------51. Who led the forces that took Fort Ticonderoga?
A: George Washington
B: Benjamin Franklin
C: Ethan Allen
D: Richard Montgomery
------------------------------------52. Who led the Continental Army across the Delaware?
A: Charles Lee
B: George Washington
C: Philip Schuyler
D: Guy Carleton
------------------------------------53. What countries troops did Washington defeat at Trenton after crossing the Delaware?
A: Germany
B: France
C: Spain
D: Italy
------------------------------------54. Where did 2,500 of 11,000 of Washington's troops die from exposure or disease during a winter
encampment?
A: Germantown
B: Brandywine
C: Princeton
D: Valley Forge
------------------------------------55. Where did the patriots receive their first major victory causing British General Burgoyne to surrender?
A: White Plains
B: Bennington
C: Saratoga
D: Yorktown
------------------------------------56. Who forced General Burgoyne to surrender at Saratoga?
A: Charles Lee
B: Horatio Gates
C: Benedict Arnold
D: George Washington
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57. What British general defeated Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden?
A: Howe
B: Cornwallis
C: Clinton
D: North
------------------------------------58. What captain captured the British sloop Drake and the warship Serapis?
A: Harry Lee
B: Horatio Gates
C: John Paul Jones
D: Daniel Morgan
------------------------------------59. What treaty concluded the American Revolution?
A: Treaty of Paris 1763
B: Treaty of London
C: Treaty of Philadelphia
D: Treaty of Paris 1783
------------------------------------60. Who drafted the Articles of Confederation?
A: John Adams
B: John Dickinson
C: Thomas Jefferson
D: John Hancock
------------------------------------61. The 1976 Shays' Rebellion led by Daniel Shays was over what major issue?
A: religion
B: land rights
C: debt
D: slavery
------------------------------------62. Who led the Colonial troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill?
A: George Washington
B: Charles Lee
C: William Prescott
D: Thomas Gage
------------------------------------63. "Who said ""Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes""?"
A: George Washington
B: Joseph Warren
C: William Howe
D: William Prescott
------------------------------------64. Who led the Bostonians at the Boston Tea Party?
A: Samuel Adams
B: William Prescott
C: Paul Revere
D: Benjamin Franklin
------------------------------------65. "What document starts out ""We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...""?"
A: Constitution of the United States
B: Bill of Rights
C: Declaration of Independence
D: The Federalist
------------------------------------66. Who lived at Monticello?
A: George Washington
B: Benjamin Franklin
C: John Adams
D: Thomas Jefferson