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1st Semester Exam Review

1st Semester Exam Review

Assessment

Flashcard

Social Studies

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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19 questions

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which of the following best completes this diagram below?
Options: Colonists sought military support from France.
Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.
Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

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Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they?

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Back

resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament? Options: “He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people.”, “For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.”, “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”, “For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.”

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“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.”

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How did mercantilism policies create tension between Great Britain and the American colonies?

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By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence: Colonist born in America were prohibited from holding elected office; Colonist were forced to quarter troops in their homes; Colonist were not eligible to become officers in the British Army; Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia?

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Colonist were forced to quarter troops in their homes.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

In 1776, who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Back

Thomas Jefferson

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

During the Revolutionary Era, why did Parliament pass taxes (acts)?

Back

pay for the debt after the French and Indian War

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