Chapter 8 Social Studies Test

1. The British were able to capture Georgia and South Carolina by changing their _______.

• declaration

• Loyalist

• victory

• strategy

A _____________ was someone who supported Britain.

• Strategy

• Loyalist

• declaration

• victory

The colonist created a _________ to explain why the colonies should be free from British rule.

• strategy

• loyalist

• victory

• declaration

Americans won the War of Independence with the ______________ at the Battle of Yorktown

• declaration

• strategy

• victory

• loyalist

1. What was the main idea of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?

• Patriots and Loyalists should learn to get along with each other

• Patriots should understand the power of the British military

• The American colonies should become independent

• Women deserve equal rights in the American colonies.

Why did some enslaved African Americans become Loyalists?

• The British government promised them freedom.

• They were born in Britain.

• They believed that the king was doing a good job.

• They believed the Patriots would never win the war.

What was the strategy of the American army in the South?

• to overwhelm the British army with their fighting power

• to keep the British army on the move until they were worn out

• to buy superior weapons from the French and the Dutch

• to hire the best mercenaries from several other countries

What did the Treaty of Paris do for the United States?

• It pardoned the colonies for their treason against Britain.

• It gave America international power

• It gave America control over the western part of Britain.

• It gave the American colonies independence and land.