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2022 Spirit of Independence

Authored by Maria Howe

History

8th Grade

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2022 Spirit of Independence
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What did Parliament do to help pay for the French and Indian War?

It printed colonial currency

It forced the colonists to trade only with the French.

Parliament passed new tax laws for the colonies.

Parliament sold western lands to settlers from England.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Why did colonists object to laws such as the Stamp Act?

Many colonists didn't like losing more of their pay

None of the above

The colonists couldn't afford to pay the tax

The colonists felt they were being taxed without representation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which act required colonists to pay a tax on most printed materials in the colonies?

The Sugar Act

The Stamp Act

The Townshend Acts

The Intolerable Acts

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

How did Parliament react to the news of the Boston Tea Party?

Parliament decided to boycott tea

Parliament tried to hold meetings in Boston

Parliament passed the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

Parliament sent food and clothing to Boston

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Why were colonists so angry after the Tea Act?

They wanted Parliament to remove the taxes on tea.

They wanted to purchase only from the British East India Company

They wanted to make their own decisions on what tea to buy.

They wanted the ships to deliver the tea to Boston Harbor.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Who was the author of the pamphlet Common Sense?

Thomas Jefferson

John Locke

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Paine

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which of the following was NOT an action taken by the Second Continental Congress?

approved the printing of colonial money

created the Continental Army

wrote the United States Constitution

sent a formal request to the King to try to avoid war

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