Friday, November 4, 2016

Drill Quiz - (Also can be used as a partial study guide)


  1.  What region was the source of contention between France and Great Britain in the French and Indian War?
  2. What theory held that a country's ultimate goal was self-sufficiency?
  3. Which act was an agreement between Native Americans and Great Britain over colonial settlement?
  4. What was passed to permit British officials to search any ship or building?
  5. Which Act placed duties on imported materials which encouraged women to become more involved in the boycotts?
  6. Which disputed event was published in colonial America as a British attack on defenseless citizens?
  7. Which Act(s) shut down Boston Harbor in response to the Tea Party and placed Boston under martial law?
  8. What assembly met in Philadelphia in 1774 to write a declaration of colonial rights?> 
  9. What battle would be the deadliest of the war and should have been named Battle at Breed's Hill?
  10. What was issued to the king in 1775 asking for harmony to return between Great Britain and its colonies? 
  11. What did Thomas Paine write that attacked the king and encouraged colonists to proclaim an independent republic?
  12. What English philosopher's ideas did Thomas Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence?
  13. Which Act(s) was a series of laws that restricted colonial trade? 
  14. List an advantage the British had over the Americans during the Revolutionary War 
  15. List an advantage the Americans had over the British during the Revolutionary War 
  16. What is the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?
  17. Where did Cornwallis surrender?
  18. List at least 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
  19. Name one success of the Articles of Confederation 
  20. What is "Republican Motherhood" 


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