Social Studies Ch. 5 Test Review

Why did Great Britain repeal the Stamp Act?

• The colonists were threatening stamp agents and boycotting British goods.
• The Stamp Act had caused Native American revolts.
• Great Britain earned enough money from the tax to repay its war debts.
• France invaded and conquered Great Britain.

Which statement BEST explains why the colonists were angry about the Stamp Act?

• The Stamp Act taxed the colonists' land.
• The Stamp Act was unfair because the colonists had no representation in Parliament.
• The Stamp Act should also apply to Native Americans.
• The Stamp Act taxed goods the colonists produced in America.

Which statement BEST explains why the colonists were angry about the Stamp Act?

• The Stamp Act taxed the colonists' land.
• The Stamp Act was unfair because the colonists had no representation in Parliament.
• The Stamp Act should also apply to Native Americans.
• The Stamp Act taxed goods the colonists produced in America.

What set of laws placed new taxes on the colonists after the repeal of the Stamp Act?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The First Continental Congress
• The Townshend Acts
• The Sons of Liberty

Which statement BEST explains why the Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence?

• France convinced the Congress to declare war on Great Britain.
• The Congress declared the colonies independent because Great Britain refused to recognize certain rights.
• The Congress wanted to recognize Great Britain's dominion over the colonies.
• The Congress wanted to set up an American monarch.

What were two key actions of the Second Continental Congress?

• It arrested the Patriots who had taken part in the Boston Tea Party,  and published the pamphlet Common Sense.
• It formed an alliance with France and sent the Patriot army to conquer the Spanish colony in Florida.
• It formed the Continental Army and sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III.
• It declared was on Great Britain and sent the navy to attack British ships in Boston harbor.

Where were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War fought?

• at Savannah and Charleston
• at Yorktown and Fort Ticonderoga
• at Trenton and Valley Forge
• at Lexington and Concord

Parliament passed a series of harsh laws in response to the Boston Tea Party.  What name did the colonists give to those laws?

• Common Sense
• The Intolerable Acts
• The Townshend Acts
• The Olive Branch Petition

Which statement is true about the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Tea Party celebrated the arrival in the colonies of a new type of tea from England.
• Patriots convinced Native Americans to destroy a British ship and its cargo of tea.
• Colonists boarded a British ship in the night.  They threw chests of tea into the sea.
• The colonists were happy because Great Britain had repealed the tea tax.

Martha Washington traveled with her husband during the war.  Women who carried water to the troops on battlefields earned the nickname Molly Pitcher.  Phillis Wheatley, a former slave, wrote poetry in support of the struggle for freedom and against slavery.
Which of the following BEST summarizes these details?

• Women had to fight against slavery.
• Life on the battlefield was difficult.
• Most American commanders took their wives with them into battle.
• Women played important roles in the Revolutionary War.