8th Grade Social Studies Unit 3A Review

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

Who were the colonial leaders making decisions during the Revolutionary War?

• George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin

• Thomas Edison, John Deere, Abe Lincoln, George Washington

• Daniel Boone, Barack Obama, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betsy Ross

The leader of England was

• George III
• John Hancock
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The American colonists felt that the English government made them...

• work too hard
• follow unfair laws
• buy too much teach
• buy too many clothes

What law made it very expensive for colonists to import molasses?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act

What law placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and British goods?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Navigations Acts
• Stamp Act

The Declaration of Independence was written to formally declare to the people and to the King of England that the colonies were separating from England and they wanted to explain why.

• True
• False

Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.

• True
• False

A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped British tea into the ocean. The became known as the Boston Tea party.

• True
• False

Which tax charged an extra fee on all paper goods?

• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Act
• Quartering Act