1. Who was the tyrant referenced in the
Declaration of Independence?
a. Queen Elizabeth
b. King George
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas Paine
2. What is the best definition of
tyranny?
a. Not allowing citizens to have
any say in the government
b. Allowing a legislative body to
determine tax policy
c. Maintaining a standing army
d. Passing laws that some people
don’t like
3. The Declaration of Independence
proclaimed that people were born with
the following unalienable right(s).
a. life
b. liberty
c. Pursuit of happiness
d. A and B
e. All of the above
4. Which conflict lead to the American
Revolution?
a. French and Indian War
b. 100 Years War
c. French Revolution
d. World War I
5. Which document served as the
framework for the U.S. government?
a. Declaration of Independence
b. Stamp Act
c. Tea Act
d. The Constitution
6. American colonists who were
determined to fight the British until
American independence was won
were known as a(n)
a. Loyalists (or Tories)
b. traitors
c. Patriots
d. Native Americans
7. American colonists who supported
and maintained ties to the Kingdom of
Great Britain (and the British
monarchy) during the American
Revolutionary War were known as a(n)
a. Rebels
b. Revolutionaries
c. Loyalists (or Tories)
d. American Whigs
8. Judging from the French engraving by
F. Godefroy, 1774, was John Malcolm
a patriot or a loyalist?
a. Patriot
b. Loyalist
9. The order which stated that all lands
west of the Appalachian Mountains
were off-limits to the colonists for
settlement.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering Act
10. This act required that the soldiers
from Great Britain be housed in
American barracks and public
houses.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering Act
11. This act imposed a tax on all paper
documents in the colonies.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering Act
12. A law that gave one company, the East
India Tea Company, the exclusive right
to import tea to the colonies.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering Act
13. Series of laws put in place as punishment
to the colonists in response to the Boston
Tea Party.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Tea Act
e. Quartering Act
14. What was the main issue that got
colonists talking about
revolution?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Destroyed crops
Taxes
An unpopular British king
A tea shortage
15. How did Thomas Paine inspire
the American colonists?
a. Through a series of public speeches
b. Through a widely read pamphlet
titled, “Common Sense”
c. Through a series of newspaper
articles
d. By co-writing the Declaration of
Independence
16. How did Ben Franklin help the American war
effort?
a. By writing the Declaration of
Independence
b. By serving as President of the
Continental Congress
c. By serving as a general in the
Continental Army
d. By convincing the French government
to aid colonists
17. What role did Thomas Jefferson play during
the Second Continental Congress
a. He served as President of the Congress
b. He was the first member to sign the
Declaration of Independence
c. He wrote the first draft of the
Declaration of Independence
d. He helped Ben Franklin edit the first draft of
the Declaration of Independence
18. What role did Samuel Adams play in
the American Revolution?
a. He boycotted British goods in
Boston.
b. He promoted unity among all the 13
colonies in America.
c. He formed the Minutemen, the first
armed force to fight in the American
Revolutionary War.
d. b and c
e. all of the above
19. How could the British government
have prevented the American
Revolution?
a. By forcing King George III to give up
the throne
b. By allowing colonists to elect
representatives to Parliament
c. By overruling the decisions of the
colonial legislatures
d. By increasing taxes on the colonists
20. Which statement best describes a
revolution?
a. overthrowing one government and
replacing it with another
b. turning the soil in preparation for planting
c. process in which a new leader is elected
every four years
d. process for determining the average income
of people within a country