The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about key events and figures of the American Revolution. It tests knowledge about the Declaration of Independence, including that it referenced the "tyrant" King George III and proclaimed the unalienate rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It also covers the Stamp Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts, roles of figures like Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, and the definition of a revolution as overthrowing one government and replacing it with another.

2. 1. Who was the tyrant referenced in the
Declaration of Independence?
a. Queen Elizabeth
b. King George
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas Paine

3. 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

4. 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

5. 4. Which conflict lead to the American
Revolution?
a. French and Indian War
b. 100 Years War
c. French Revolution
d. World War I

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 8. Judging from the French engraving by
F. Godefroy, 1774, was John Malcolm
a patriot or a loyalist?
a. Patriot
b. Loyalist

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 14. What was the main issue that got
colonists talking about
revolution?
a. Destroyed crops
b. Taxes
c. An unpopular British king
d. A tea shortage

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Look up the answers in your
notebook… I’ll be glad to help you.
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)
14. B - taxes
15. B – Common Sence
16. D – Franklin – went to France
17. C wrote the Dec of Indepd
18. E – all – boycott, sons of
liberty, unity, Minutemen
19. B -allowing citizens vote-
representation
20. A -overthrowing the
government