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Semester One Quizizz

Authored by Ryan Bowling

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8th Grade

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Semester One Quizizz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the reason for the growth of representative government in the colonies. (READ CAREFULLY)

The King did not bother enforcing his laws as long as the colonies made profits

The King had difficulties communcating with the colonies

The colonies were too far away for the King to govern effectively
All of the above.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians.
Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France.
Resented the limits it imposed on Westward Expansion.
Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations. 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What individual arrived from France and aided George Washington and the Continental Army?

Bernardo de Galvez
Marquis de Lafayette
De la Salle
James Armistead 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of Civil Disobedience?

Colonists throwing British Tea into Boston Harbor
Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France
Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors
firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Mass.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered the 'turning point' in the Revolutionary War?

The Native Americans were forced to stop fighting against the Continental Army
The French became allies with America and began training and fighting with us
It marked the end of the war with the surrender of Cornwallis
It was Washington's Winter Training Camp

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

*Intolerable Acts Imposed
*First Continental Congress Convened
*Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published
All the events listed above occurred during...

The Era of Westward Expansion
The Era of Good Feelings
The Revolutionary Era
The Revolutionary Era
The Jacksonian Era

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I am the leader of the Sons of Liberty and an ardent rebel who organized the Boston Tea Party.

George Washington
Sam Adams
Benjamin Franklin
King George III

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