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