American Revolution Test

Britain, American colonies win French and Indian War in what year

• 1763
• 1776
• 1885
• 1775

What was the Americans moto for the American Revolution?

• Come and take it
• No taxation without representation
• Remember the Alamo
• “Why so Serious”

What was the Americans response to the tea tax?

• Boston Tea Party
• Stopped drinking tea
• burned it al
• paid the tax

The shot heard around the world took place where?

• Lexington & Concord
• Boston
• England
• Jamestown

What document justified colonial rebellion?

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Missouri Compromise

Whose ideas were used in the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

• Copernicus
• Locke
• Aristotle
• Shakespeare

Which of the following was not considered an advantage for the colonists?

• Motivating cause of freedom
• French assistance
• War expenses for Britain
• Military strength

The Constitutional Convention in 1787 created what?

• Articles of Confederation
• U.S Constitution
• Revolution
• Peace with England

Checks and balances ensure branches share power _______?

• Together
• Equally
• They do not share
• All the above

Federal system means power is divided between _____ & _______

• Power is not divided
• nation and states
• judicial and executive
• executive and legislative