American Revolution / English Civil War Test

Question 1

What type of government was supported by the divine right of kings?

Answer 1

Monarchy

Question 2

Who ruled England after the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 2

William and Mary

Question 3

What was “restored” during the Restoration?

Answer 3

Government

Question 4

What was the significance of the English Bill of Rights?

Answer 4

The king couldn’t make taxes without parliament’s consent. Parliament was to be held often with the freedom of debate. Guarantee of trial by jury, limited bail amounts. I gave people a voice. Influenced the American bill of rights.

Question 5

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

Which events occurred after the American Revolution?

Answer 6

Creation of constitution bill of rights

Question 7

What act did the American colonists protest as ‘taxation without representation’?

Answer 7

The stamp act

Question 8

How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?

Answer 8

Equality, natural rights, freedoms

Question 9

Which document established the first national government of the 13 colonies?

Answer 9

The articles of confederation

Question 10

Know the six advantages that the colonists had during the American Revolution.

Answer 10

1-guerrilla warfare 2-nothing to lose 3- familiar with territory 4- the British weren’t invested 5- support from France and Spain 6- the British supply lines for troops and goods was too long

Question 11

Where was James I of England born and raised?

Answer 11

Scotland

Question 12

What is the principle of habeas corpus?

Answer 12

A person cannot be thrown in jail without a court and jury of their peers

Question 13

Who led Parliament’s forces during the English Civil War?

Answer 13

Oliver Cromwell

Question 14

What did the English Parliament fear after James II’s wife gave birth to a son?

Answer 14

They were scared that they were going to have another Catholic ruler

Question 15

What did the Act of Union do?

Answer 15

United England and Scotland into Great Britain

Question 16

What did Charles I have to sign in order to get money from Parliament?

Answer 16

The petition of right

Question 17

How did Britain respond to the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 17

The intolerable acts

Question 18

What was the Great Migration?

Answer 18

The mass exodus of puritans to America because they were being persecuted

Question 19

What countries came to the aid of the colonists during the American Revolution?

Answer 19

Spain and France

Question 20

Who became the king at the start of the Restoration?

Answer 20

James II

Question 21

What was the Declaratory Act?

Answer 21

New taxes placed on glass, lead, paper, and tea

Question 22

Why did Scotland declare war on Charles I of England?

Answer 22

They were trying to force the Scottish Calvinist’s church to use their prayer book

Question 23

Why did Ireland rebel against England?

Answer 23

The British were taking Irish land and giving the land to Protestant friends of the king (Ireland was Catholic)

Question 24

Who led England right before it became a Commonwealth?

Answer 24

Charles I

Question 25

What did the Stamp Act require?

Answer 25

A direct tax that required that all printed materials, such as newspapers and playing cards, have a stamp showing that the tax had been paid to Britain

Question 26

Which group in Parliament tried to prevent James II from becoming king?

Answer 26

Whigs

Question 27

Why did British troops march to Concord, Massachusetts?

Answer 27

The colonists were keeping weapons and they were worried of rebellion

Question 28

James I’s belief in the divine right of kings brought him into conflict with whom?

Answer 28

Parliament

Question 29

What type of government was established during the Restoration?

Answer 29

Constitutional monarch / limited monarch

Question 30

Where were the meetings of the First and Second Continental Congress held?

Answer 30

Philadelphia

Question 31

Which of John Locke's concepts greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 31

Social contract

Question 32

What was the name of the supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War?

Answer 32

The roundheads

Question 33

Why did England and France fight the French and Indian War?

Answer 33

Over the land because of the cotton trade

Question 34

Why did many Puritans leave England for North America?

Answer 34

They were being persecuted by the English

Question 35

Which document made the Church of England the official state religion?

Answer 35

Clarinian code

Question 36

What is the divine right of kings?

Answer 36

The idea that monarchs derive their power from god and that power is absolute

Question 37

Which English king was beheaded at the end of the English Civil War?

Answer 37

Charles I

Question 38

What was the job of the English cabinet?

Answer 38

They know the English culture and tell the rulers how to run the country

Question 39

Know the results of the French and Indian War.

Answer 39

The British won and gained much more of the French territory in North America and this included much of Canada. The war left Britain in debt leading them to tax the colonies

Question 40

What did the Intolerable Acts do?

Answer 40

- closed Boston harbor until cost of tea was paid, required colonists to feed and house British soldiers, limited town meetings to 1 a year (no permission)

Question 41

What is the significance of the First Continental Congress?

Answer 41

It was the first time representatives from all the colonies met

Question 42

What was the Olive Branch Petition?

Answer 42

A proposal sent to George III by the colonists asking for a peaceful compromise

Question 43

What was the importance of the Battle of Saratoga?

Answer 43

It was the turning point of the war, after which France and Spain joined the colonists

Question 44

Describe three elements of the U.S. government established by the U.S. Constitution.

Answer 44

Separation of powers, bill of rights, federal system

Question 45

Know three reasons why the colonists were angry with the English government after the French and Indian War.

Answer 45

Taxation without representation

Question 46

Identify three advantages that the colonists had in the American Revolution.

Answer 46

Knew territory. Had motivation. Used guerrilla warfare.

Question 47

Why did the colonists believe that they should not have to pay taxes imposed after the French and Indian War?

Answer 47

Taxation without representation

Question 48

Provide and explain three events/actions that led to the start of the American Revolution.

Answer 48

The French and Indian War because it put Britain in debt and they then taxed the colonists because they would benefit from the land won in the war. The Boston Massacre because it angered both the colonists and the British and riled things up. Lastly, the pamphlet Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine influenced the colonists to break away and become their own nation.

Question 49

Provide and explain three events/actions that were religiously motivated between the reign of Henry VIII and George III.

Answer 49

King Henry VIII created the Anglican Church and became the head of it because the Catholic Church wouldn’t let him get divorced and remarried. Bloody Mary persecuted puritans because she wanted to bring Catholicism back to Europe. Parliament kicked James II off the throne because they didn’t want their rulers to be Catholic.

Question 50

First shot of the war for independence?

Answer 50

Lexington