Multiple
Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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A law passed by Parliament to try to raise money.
a. | Stamp Act | c. | Colonial Finance Act | b. | Royalty Act | d. | Sugar Act |
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Law passed by Parliament to make colonists buy a stamp to place on many items
such as wills and newspapers.
a. | Stamp Act | c. | Postage Act | b. | Register Act | d. | U.S. Stamp Law |
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One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty
a. | General Cornwallis | c. | Benjamin Franklin | b. | Samuel Adams | d. | George Wallace |
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4.
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Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were
killed.
a. | Boston Massacre | c. | Battle of Trenton | b. | Battle of Germantown | d. | Philadelphia
Massacre |
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Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into
Boston Harbor.
a. | Boston Tea Protest | c. | Boston Tea Meeting | b. | Boston Tea Massacre | d. | Boston Tea
Party |
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King of England during the American Revolution
a. | King George I | c. | King George III | b. | King George II | d. | King George IV |
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English philosopher who believed people had natural rights to life, liberty, and
property
a. | Nathonal Hawthorne | c. | Winston Churchill | b. | John Locke | d. | Baron von
Stuben |
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked monarchy
a. | Liberty | c. | Liberty from Oppression | b. | Let Facts Be
Submitted to a Candid World | d. | Common Sense |
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Main author of the Declaration of Independence
a. | Thomas Jefferson | c. | George Washington | b. | Benjamin Franklin | d. | John Adams |
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Document that said the United States was an independent nation
a. | Constitution of U.S. | c. | Declaration of Independence | b. | Bill of
Rights | d. | U.S. Magna
Carta |
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Colonists who were loyal to Britain
a. | Loyalists | c. | Red Coats | b. | Patriots | d. | Britishers |
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An early Federalist leader
a. | Abraham Lincoln | c. | Alexander Hamilton | b. | John Brown | d. | Thomas Johnson of
Philadelphia |
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Laws that made it harder to become a citizen and created harsh punishments for
people who criticize the government
a. | Blue laws of Boston | c. | Bill of Rights for Aliens | b. | Immigration and
Naturalization Act | d. | Alien
and Sedition Act |
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Person opposed to ratification of the new Constitution
a. | Anti-Libertarian | c. | Anti-Republican | b. | Anti-Federalist | d. | Anti-Democrat |
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The first government of the United States
a. | Articles of Confederation | c. | Declaration of
Independence | b. | U.S. Constitution | d. | Bill of Rights |
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Set of amendments passed to protect individual rights
a. | Bill of Rights | c. | Colonial Amendments | b. | 1776 Amendments | d. | Liberty
Amendments |
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Chief advisors of the president
a. | national security council | c. | chiefs of staff | b. | cabinet | d. | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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British general
a. | General Von Steubin | c. | General Cornwallis | b. | General Patton | d. | General
Washington |
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Powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too
much power
a. | elastic clause | c. | strict constructivism | b. | checks and
balances | d. | loose
constructivism |
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Party led by Jefferson
a. | Democrat | c. | Democratic Republican | b. | Republican | d. | Federalist |
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A belief in equality
a. | egalitarianism | c. | Rationalism | b. | libertarian | d. | oligarchy |
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Supporter of the new Constitution
a. | Whigs | c. | Libertarians | b. | anti-Federalist | d. | Federalists |
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Rise in the price of goods
a. | depression | c. | recession | b. | inflation | d. | Colonial
capitalism |
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One of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention
a. | Thomas Jefferson | c. | James Madison | b. | Thomas Paine | d. | William
Montgomery |
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Negotiated treaty with Britain over territory
a. | Alexander Hamilton | c. | William McKinley | b. | George Wallace | d. | John Jay |
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Law that set up the national court system
a. | Brown v Board of Education | c. | Judiciary Act of
1789 | b. | Colonial Court System Act of 1776 | d. | Jefferson
Treaty |
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French noble who helped the Americans
a. | Charles De Gaulle | c. | Pepe La Pew | b. | Marquis de Lafayette | d. | Jocque Jueroque |
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Law that organized the Northwest Territories
a. | Indian Lands Act of 1788 | c. | Northwest American Lands
Act | b. | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | d. | Northwest Territories Land Act |
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State effort to cancel a federal law
a. | reapportionment | c. | initiative | b. | nullification | d. | state secession |
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Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
a. | Patriots | c. | Partisans | b. | Loyalists | d. | Red Coats |
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Tax on imported goods to protect domestic business
a. | Protective Tariff | c. | Import expenditures | b. | Taxation with
Representation | d. | Export
expenditures |
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Official approval of the Constitution
a. | ratification | c. | judication | b. | verification | d. | assimilation |
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A government in which the people elect representatives to govern
a. | Democratic | c. | democratic | b. | Republican | d. | republican |
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34.
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Battle won by the Americans in 1777
a. | Bull Run | c. | Germantown | b. | Saratoga | d. | Trenton |
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Anti-tax protest by farmers
a. | No Taxation Protest of 1788 | c. | IRS Rebellion | b. | New York “No
Tax” Riots | d. | Shay’s Rebellion |
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Treaty that officially ended the war
a. | London Peace Treaty | c. | Treaty of Paris | b. | Treaty of Versailles | d. | Vienna Peace
Treaty |
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Political system where two political parties compete for power
a. | bi-lingual political system | c. | bi-cameral
system | b. | duel election system | d. | two party system |
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Place where Washington’s army spent the winter of
1777–1778
a. | Germantown, Philadelphia | c. | Yorktown | b. | Valley
Forge | d. | Trenton |
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American anger over bribes demanded by French diplomats
a. | x, y, z affair | c. | Zenger letter | b. | French greed affair | d. | French anti-Bush
policies |
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Battle that gave the Americans victory in the war
a. | Trenton | c. | Lexington | b. | Germantown | d. | Yorktown |
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