American

Revolution
Preassessment

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
dont 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.
b.
c.
d.

French and Indian War

100 Years War
French Revolution
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.
b.
c.
d.

Loyalists (or Tories)

traitors
Patriots
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.
b.
c.
d.

Rebels
Revolutionaries
Loyalists (or Tories)
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

Answers
1. B King George III
2. A no say for citizens
3. E all: life , liberty, pursuit of happiness
4. A French and Indian War
5. D - Constitution
6. C Patriots (us)
7. C Loyalists (to the King)
8. B Loyalist (to the King)
9. A - Proclamation of 1763
10. E Quartering Act
11. B Stamp Act
12. D Tea Act
13. C Intolerable (punishment)