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American Revolution Background

Authored by Morgan Steinbach

English

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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"

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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.

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