Can't You Make Them Them Behave, King George?

Which fact would best support the opinion that King George’s taxes were a bad idea?

• The Americans were English subjects.

• The English government needed money.

• The taxes led to the loss of the American colonies.

• The French and Indian War benefited the Americans.

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What was Lord North’s opinion when he heard about the events at Yorktown?

• King George would be overthrown.

• The war would last a very long time.

• The colonists were going to win the war.

• England needed the next battle to be a victory.

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Which word indicates an opinion in the text from the passage below?

Now King George believed that above all a king should be firm...

• King

• believed

• above

• firm

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How did King George punish the Americans when they dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor?

• He closed the port of Boston and took away the right of Massachusetts to govern itself.

• He decided not to tax them, he thought it was unfair.

• He told them to get their own tea.

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Read this sentence from the passage.

King George had a habit of talking rapidly and repeating himself so that his talk often sounded like a gobble.

To what is the author comparing King George’s way of speaking?

• a dog

• a horse

• a turkey

• a turtle

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On page 360 in the last paragraph, who is asking the questions?

• English subjects

• King George

• The Americans

• The narrator is asking the questions from the king's point of view.

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Which of these statements is a fact?

• Taxing Americans was a good idea.

• England had the right to tax the colonies.

• The French and Indian War was fought in America.

• When George came to the throne, England had been fighting an expensive war for too long.

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Why does the author begin page 360 with historical background?

• To explain to the reader why the colonist did not like the taxes that the king made them pay.

• For the reader to know that the author supports the kings decision to make the colonist pay taxes.

• To help the reader understand the events and source of disagreement between the colonists and King George that led to the beginning of the American Revolution.

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Which sentence from the passage contains a simile?

• “When he was told that his troops had marched into Philadelphia, he ran into the queen’s room.”

• “After the Battle of Lexington and the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George said he felt strong as a lion.”

• “The English troops captured New York, and when George heard this, he said one more battle and it would be over.”

• “They were willing to pay for the lost tea, but when instead the king punished them so severely, they became more united against him.”

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On page 361, what can the reader learn by reading the text box? Choose two answers.

• If American were asked instead of being told to raise money for England, they would have.

• King George was happy that the government firm on England's right to tax the colonies.

• King George took an active role in the government, unlike King's of the past.

• The government voted to repeal the tax.

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