Unit 1 Test

Unit 1 Test

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Laurel Lowell

History

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the Declaration of Independence, why are governments created?

To make money

To go to war

To protect people's rights

To guarantee people are always happy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document was written to inform Britain that the colonies were now independent and free?

The Declaration of Rights

The Declaration of Freedom

The Constitution

The Declaration of Independence

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

Life, Love and Laughter

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Voting, Free Speech and Freedom of the Press

Life, Liberty and Property

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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After the Boston Tea Party...
England did not tax the colonists
King George surrendered
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.
True
False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 

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