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Chapter 5 Toward Independence 2
Test Description: Prelude to the Revolutionary War.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does it mean to repeal something?
A
the unjust use of government power.
B
to take back, or to cancel a law
C
to refuse to buy goods from a certain source.
2) What does it mean to Boycott?
A
to refuse to buy goods from a certain source.
B
the unjust use of government power
C
to take back, or to cancel a law
3) What is a massacre?
A
Complete control over something.
B
An action taken in a time of peace.
C
The killing of defenseless people
4) How did the British feel about the Boston Patriots?
A
They were proud that they were taking steps towards independence.
B
They thought they were the worse trouble makers in the colonies.
C
They appreciated their leadership potential.
5) How did Bostonians feel about the British?
A
They liked having their British countrymen in town.
B
They resented them and called them lobsterbacks.
C
They were thankful for the protection that the British offered them.
6) What was the effect of troops not being allowed to fire on citizens?
A
The British soldiers were angry and fired at unarmed colonists anyway.
B
Everyone was safer and calmer.
C
Bostonians were bolder in their attacks.
7) How did Patriots initially avoid paying the tax on British Tea?
A
They stole the tea.
B
They drank Dutch tea that was smuggled into the colonies.
C
They quit drinking tea and drank coffee instead.
8) What did the Tea Act give the British East India Company?
A
It gave them a competitive market in which to sell their tea.
B
It gave them a monopoly over tea sales in the colonies.
C
It gave them the income that they needed to pay for the colonies.
9) What is a Monopoly?
A
The killing of defenseless people.
B
Complete control over something.
C
An action taken in a time of peace.
10) What was the Sons of Liberty’s response to the British ships filled with tea in the harbor?
A
They boycotted the tea.
B
They refused to let the ships enter the harbor.
C
They dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded the ships and threw 342 chests overboard.
11) What was the effect of the Intolerable Acts?
A
The colonists began to fight each other.
B
The Colonies were more divided than ever.
C
The Colonies began to unite - an attack on one was seen as an attack on all.
12) What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress called by the Virginians?
A
To find a peaceful solution to the conflicts with Great Britain.
B
To get the colonial leaders together to form a new national government.
C
To find ways to get back at Great Britain.
13) What one thing united the delegates?
A
They were united by their love of liberty and hatred of tyranny.
B
They were united by their love of farming and industry.
C
They were united by their love of free trade.
14) What did the militia begin to steal from the British?
A
uniforms
B
gunpowder and cannons
C
ships
15) Why did General Gage decide to strike Concord?
A
He heard the colonists had a large supply of gunpowder and weapons.
B
He knew that it was a weak spot in the colonists defense.
C
He heard the colonists leaders were all hiding there.
16) How did the colonists know that the British were coming?
A
They had lookouts.
B
Paul Revere and William Dawes warned them.
C
George Washington told them to be prepared for the British attack.
17) What did the British do when they couldn’t find weapons in Concord?
A
They kept looking in every town until they found them.
B
They killed the spy who told them there were weapons there.
C
They burned some wooden tools and gun cartridges.
18) What happened to the British on their retreat to Boston?
A
They were allowed to run safely to Boston.
B
They discovered many places where the colonists had hidden weapons.
C
They faced more than 4000 armed and angry Minutemen lining their route.
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