This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about key events and figures of the American Revolutionary War and founding of the United States. The questions cover topics like the first battles of the war, the Boston Massacre, the Declaration of Independence, key battles like Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown, the Treaty of Paris that ended the war, commanders like George Washington, causes of the war like taxation and the Proclamation of 1763, and figures like Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and the roles of organizations like the Continental Congress and Sons of Liberty. The final question identifies the preamble of the United States Constitution.

1. Graduation Exam
Chapter 2 Test
1. Where was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a. Lexington and Concord
b. Yorktown and Richmond
c. Saratoga and Bunker Hill
d. Lexington and Yorktown
2. How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?
a. 19
b. 12
c. 5
d. 52
3. Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
a. To tell the world why the colonies wanted to be their own country.
b. To tell the world why the colonies wanted to stay loyal to Britain.
c. To tell the world why the colonies did not want to fight.
d. As a final dissertation of Thomas Jefferson
4. Study the passage below.
“I saw a party of soldiers come from the main
guard, and draw themselves up ... the people
still continued in the street, crying, 'Fire, fire,
and be damned,' and hove some more snow
balls, whereupon I heard a musket go off, and in
the space of two or three seconds, I heard the
word 'fire' given ... and instantly the soldiers
fired one after another."
Which event is MOST LIKELY described in this passage?
a. Boston Tea Party
b. Boston Massacre
c. Battle of Valley Forge
d. Battle of Yorktown
5. Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
a. Yorktown
b. Saratoga
c. Lexington
d. Bunker Hill

2. 6. Study the list below.
• Ended the Revolutionary War
• American independence was
recognized
• US boundaries were set
What does this list describe?
a. Treaty of Paris 1873
b. Declaration of Independence
c. Constitution
d. Articles of Confederation
7. What was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War called?
a. Treaty of Paris 1783
b. Treaty of Athens 1783
c. Treaty of Versailles
d. Treaty of Paris 1763
8. Who was the French and Indian war between?
a. France and Britain
b. France and the Indian Nations
c. Britain and the Iroquois Nation
d. Britain and the American colonies
9. Who served as the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War?
a. George Washington
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Patrick Henry
d. Thomas Jefferson
10. Study the table below.
Battle of the Description
Revolution
Lexington & First battles of American Revolution
Concord
Saratoga ?
Yorktown Final American victory

3. Which completes this diagram?
a. Turning point of the war that caused France to help the colonists fight.
b. Resulted in the end of the American Revolutionary War
c. George Washington’s last stand
d. The only loss of the Revolutionary forces to the British
11. Where were Washington’s troops encamped during the harsh winter of
1777-1778?
a. Valley Forge
b. Washington
c. Philadelphia
d. Richmond
12. What was one of the main causes of the War of 1812?
a. Nationalism
b. A strong mistrust of Britain
c. Impressment
d. Assassination of the British King
13. Which country fought the French during the French and Indian War?
a. Spain
b. America
c. England
d. Native Americas
14. A result of the French and Indian War was the
a. need for an increase in taxes on the American colonists by the British
b. need to divide acquired lands between the existing colonies
c. call for American colonists to continue to fight the Native Americans
d. end of French possessions in the Americas
15. The cartoon below was created during the late 1760s. Use the cartoon and your
own knowledge to answer Number 10.
The cartoon was designed as a protest against
a. Passage of the Constitution
b. Taxes imposed by Great Britain
c. Attacks on colonists by British soldiers

4. d. Fighting between colonists and native Americans
16. “I was an advocate of the American Revolution who addressed the House of
Burgesses, urging them to take military action against England. I am best known
for my quote, “give me liberty or give me death.” Who am I?
a. John Adams
b. Paul Revere
c. Thomas Paine
d. Patrick Henry
17. The First and Second Continental Congresses was an attempt
a. for colonists to begin acting as a national government
b. disunite the 13 colonies
c. write a constitution
d. organize a militia
18. The leader of the Sons of Liberty
a. Paul Revere
b. George Washington
c. Samuel Adams
d. Patrick Henry
19. Which describes Thomas Jefferson’s role in the Revolution?
a. Commander in Chief of Revolutionary Forces
b. Leader of the Sons of Liberty
c. Philosopher who wrote, “Common Sense”
d. Author of the Declaration of Independence
20. Study the passage below.
We the People of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do
ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of
America.
This passage is the
a. First amendment to the Constitution

5. b. Beginning of the Declaration of Independence
c. Preamble to the Constitution
d. Elastic clause of the Constitution