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Social Studies Chapter 8
Test Description: Road to the Revolutionary War
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1) Why did the British impose the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts on the colonists?
A
The king wanted the colonists to return to Britian.
B
Britain needed money.
C
Britian wanted to give money to the colonists to expand their cities.
D
Britian thought colonists were too rich.
2) Which battle started the American Revolution?
A
Battle of Breed's Hill
B
Battle of Bunker Hill
C
Battle of Lexington
D
Battle of Concord
3) Why was Paine's book Common Sense convincing to many people?
A
It was easy to understand.
B
It was a legal document.
C
It predicted defeat of the Americans.
D
It proposed a peaceful solution.
4) What was the effect of Britiash taxation on the colonies as a whole/
A
Many colonists returned to Britain.
B
They became more divided.
C
They started to unite as Americans.
D
Many paid for British support.
5) Who organized the Sons of Liberty?
A
Mercy Otis Warren
B
Benjamin Franklin
C
Samuel Adams
D
Patrick Henry
6) What did the Daughters of Liberty do to support the boycott of British goods?
A
made tea and wove cloth
B
gave speeches and attended rallies
C
gave speeches adn drew political cartoons
D
handed out pamphlets and posters
7) Which of the following best describes teh purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?
A
unite the colonies in friendship
B
share news among the colonies
C
keep in touch with Britian
D
train express riders
8) How did the Boston Tea Party express the views of many colonists?
A
It showed the colonists strongly protested the tea tax.
B
It showed that the tea woudl remain in Boston.
C
It showed many colonists supported the Mohawk Indians.
D
It showed that many colonists did not like to drink tea.
9) Which of the following caused the Intolerable Acts
A
Committees of Correspondence
B
Boston Massacre
C
First Continental Congress
D
Boston Tea Party
10) Which of the following was NOT one of the Intolerable Acts?
A
The port of Boston was closed.
B
The colonists had to pay a tax on British Imports.
C
The colonists has to feed and house British soldiers.
D
Massachusetts was put under the control of a British general.
11) What was a Patriot?
A
colonists who argeed to British rule
B
British soldier who agreed to British rule over the colonies
C
British soldier oppposed to British rule over the colonies
D
colonist opposed to British rule.
12) Why was signing the Declaration of Independence a dangerous act?
A
There was a chance not many people would sign.
B
Britian viewed those who signed it as traitors.
C
It was an agreement with King George III.
D
Those who signed it belonged to no country.
13) Which Patriot warned of the British attack?
A
George Washington
B
John Adams
C
Paul Revere
D
John Hancock
14) Which event took place FIRST?
A
Paul Revere captured
B
Battle of Concord
C
Battle of Lexington
D
British retreat to Boston
15) Which battle began with the shot heard round the world?
A
Lexington
B
Concord
C
Breed's Hill
D
Bunker Hill
16) Which brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?
A
Concord
B
Bunker Hill
C
Breed's Hill
D
Lexington
17) What is one reason the British decided to march to Lexington?
A
to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock
B
to spy on colonists and their plans
C
to sneak up on sleeping colonists
D
to convince the colonists to stop protesting
18) No taxation without
A
representation
B
consultation
C
tea
D
Parliament
19) Who said give me liberty of give me death?
A
Patrick Henry
B
Paul Revere
C
Colonel Prescott
D
George Washington
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