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Unit 3: American Independence
Test Description: 8th Grade: AP US History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which action was taken by the leaders of the 13 colonies in 1776
A
Announce independence from Britain
B
Election
C
Ratify US Constitution
D
Establishing three branches of government
2) Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tension between colonies and British?
A
Placed royal governors
B
Ended the French Indian war
C
Limited colonial expansion West of the Appalachian mountains
D
Impose taxes
3) Which of the following British actions led American colonists to claim that taxes were given without consent?
A
Navigation Acts
B
Quebec Act
C
Bill of Rights
D
Stamp Act
4) British began imposing taxes on colonists following what war?
A
Alamo
B
French Indian War
C
American Revolution
D
Civil war
5) How did French aristocrat Marquis de Lafeatte contribute to American revolution?
A
Provided funds to British
B
Commanded troops for colonists, against British
C
He spied on British troops
D
He negotiated the Treaty of Paris
6) Why would writings to Mercy Otis Warren be informative to a historian?
A
wrote declaration of independence
B
Author of the earliest accounts for the American Revolution
C
wrote common sense
D
was alive during the war
7) Thomas Paine contributed to the revolutionary cause by
A
Fought as a British commander
B
Wrote common sense to patriots
C
Father of Navy
D
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
8) Where did General Washington camp the Continental Army for training over the bitter winter of 1777-1778?
A
Britain
B
Valley Forge
C
New York
D
South Carolina
9) Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
A
Gettysburg
B
Jamestown
C
Lexington
D
Saratoga
10) A significant accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress in 1776 was
A
Creating constitution
B
approved bill of rights
C
signed treaty of Paris
D
Wrote the declaration of Independence
11) The Treaty of Paris in 1783 recognized that the newly formed United States would be
A
Independent from British rule
B
Is a monarchy
C
Allied with French
D
Gave US Canada
12) Turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War?
A
Saratoga
B
Lexington
C
Concord
D
Bunker Hill
13) In the Declaration of Independence, unalienable rights are listed as
A
freedom, fear promise
B
fear, want, tyranny
C
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
D
speech, religion, petition
14) Jefferson referred to unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence, he was describing
A
liberties belonging to all U.S. citizens
B
limitations on the rights
C
Natural rights to all humans
D
freedoms given by the local government
15) Protests and demonstrations that followed the Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts were ex. of...
A
boycott
B
Unalienable rights
C
Civil disobedience
D
lieable rights
16) Which of the following groups opposed the Declaration of Independence?
A
Patriots
B
Loyalist
C
colonist
D
congress
17) Who is considered the founder of the U.S. Navy?
A
George Washington
B
John Paul Jones
C
Nathaniel Bacon
D
Benjamin Franklin
18) What was Abigail Adams known for?
A
Common sense
B
Nurse of the war
C
Women’s rights movement
D
Declaring Independence
19) Spying for the Patriots, Fundraising for the Revolutionary Army, taking a cannon... All these represent?
A
enslaved people
B
Women Patriots
C
French fighters
D
military officer
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