American Revolution Background

Based on the passage, which of the following would be an example of a monopoly?

• A businesswoman opens a boookstore in here neighborhood and invited neighbors to invest in her new store.

• A baker buys up all the sugar in town to make sure that his bakery is the only one that can sell cupcakes

• A pilot spends her days off learning how to fly a new type o plane so that she can apply that to fly planes in the future

• A hardware store owner is famous for giving the best home improvement device to his customers.

What is the purpose of the underlines sentences in the passage?

• to explain the king's relationship to his prime minister

• to support the claim that King George didn't care about the Boston Tea Party or the colonists in America.

• to hint that the Boston Tea Party was going to set off a larger conflict between the colonies and England.

• to provide a detail about the type of board games King George liked to play

Which detail best explains why Paul Revere set up a system of signals to warn him if the British advanced?

• "Hancock, the richest man in New England before the war, helped organize and fund the rebellion"

• "Gage planned to march out to Lexington and Concord where he would arrest Adams and Hancock and then seize ammunition"

• "Sam Adams had led the Boston Tea Party"

• "General Gage was the Commander of the British troops"

According to the passage, what was true about the Minutemen?

• They were well trained and had more members than the British.

• They were farmers and could assemble in a minute's time.

• They wore bright red uniforms and were known as redcoats.

• They fired the first shot at the battle of Lexington.

What is the meaning of the underlines phrase in the passage above?

• British troops were vulnerable to attack by the hidden Minutemen.

• The British troops were sitting on the ground in the same position ducks sometimes take.

• The British often hunted for ducks in the woods around Concord & Lexington.

• British troops were taking care of ducks while their commander was away.