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Chapter 5 History
Test Description: Tension leading up to the first battles of the American Revolution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is revenue?
A
a style of jacket
B
incoming money
C
a type of newspaper
D
a self-loading weapon
2) What legal document allowed customs officers to search any location to look for smuggled goods?
A
the Stamp Act
B
the Townshend Acts
C
propaganda
D
writs of assistance
3) Why was Britain levying taxes on the colonies?
A
to pay for the colonial representatives
B
to pay for road improvements
C
to pay the costs of the French and Indian War
D
to buy new land west of the Appalachians
4) What is a boycott?
A
a refusal to buy things
B
information made to influence public opinion
C
a tax on printed materials
D
a machine that weaves fabric
5) Which British law stated that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies and make all decisions for the colonies?
A
the Townshend Acts
B
the Stamp Act
C
the Sugar Act
D
the Declaratory Act
6) The Boston Tea Party was a protest against what?
A
British shipping
B
tea and coffee
C
the bypassing of colonial merchants and taxation
D
Mohawk Indians
7) The Coercive Acts were designed to punish what city?
A
Boston
B
Philadelphia
C
Charleston
D
New York City
8) Which of these is part of the Coercive Acts?
A
Boston was not to receive shipments of coal.
B
The people of Boston were prohibbited from drinking tea.
C
Boston Harbor was closed until the ruined tea was paid for
D
Boston was fined $5, 000
9) In the colonies, the Coercive Acts were called what?
A
the Townshend Acts
B
the Intolerable Acts
C
propaganda
D
the Stamp Acts
10) Which of these is NOT one of the Coercive Acts?
A
citizens were required to shelter British soldiers in their homes
B
Boston Harbor was closed
C
citizens were not allowed to have town meetings
D
taxes on the city were raised
11) Where did the Continental Congress meet?
A
Washington, D.C.
B
New York City
C
Boston
D
Philadelphia
12) What document called on the colonists to begin arming themselves against the British?
A
the Stamp Act
B
the Suffolk Resolves
C
The Coercive Acts
D
the Declaratory Act
13) What is a militia?
A
a group of citizen soldiers
B
a long rifle
C
a suit made of heavy weight cotton
D
a document declaring independence
14) Why were British troops sent to Concord, Massachusetts?
A
the rebel leaders had their base there
B
that's where the ruined tea was stored
C
rebel ammunition and arms were stored there
D
it was a good place to gather for an attack on Boston
15) The Declaration of Independence is a break up letter written to whom?
A
King George III of England
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
Paul Revere
D
Betsy Ross
16) Where was the shot heard 'round the world?
A
Washington, D.C.
B
Baton Rouge
C
Philadelphia
D
Concord
17) Who was asked to write the Declaration of Independence?
A
George Washington
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
Ethan Allen
D
Paul Revere
18) Colonist who supported the war for independence were called what?
A
Loyalists
B
Patriots
C
Tories
D
propagandists
19) Who was put in charge of the Continental Army?
A
John Paul Jones
B
George Washington
C
Paul Revere
D
Benedict Arnold
20) The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to Whom?
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
Benjamin Franklin
C
George Washington
D
King George III
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