8th Grade U.S. History

Samuel Adams founded what group:

• Daughters of Liberty

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Congress

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8.4B

Match the following

• Thomas Paine

• author of Common Sense who argued for declaring independence from Britain

• Thomas Jefferson

• the principle author

  of the Declaration of Independence

• George Washington

• the top general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution

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8.4B

Who am I?

"I wrote letters to my husband often to give him advice during the American Revolution"

• John Paul Jones

• Charles Cornwallis

• Nathanael Greene

• Abigail Adams

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8.4B

Match the following

• Freedom or separation from a country or thing

• consent

• Rights that cannot be taken away such as life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness

• independence

• Complaint or protest

• grievance

• To agree to something, someone or an idea

• unalienable

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8.30A

This list includes rights that are considered

• transferable

• legislated

• unalienable

• inherited

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8.19A

In the Declaration of Independence, the term “unalienable right” refers to -

• the rights citizens of other countries have

• the right to freedom of religion

• rights people are born with that cannot be taken away (without due process)

• rights only people in Britain have if they maintain good standing with the King

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8.19A

What is the name of the first government of the United States?

• U.S. Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Northwest Ordinance
• Declaration of Independence

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8.15B

Who am I?

"I was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence"

• Thomas Paine

• Crispus Attucks

• Lord North

• John Hancock

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8.4B

Which of the following could be a grievance the 1st Continental Congress had against King George III  –

• “We are tired of being defenseless against Native American attacks”

• “We pay too much money to Britain in exchange for enslaved persons"

• “We believe in consent of the governed, but you have not given us that"

• “We cannot inter-trade with other colonies- only with Britain”

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8.15C

Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

• Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office.

• Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes

• Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army.

• Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony’s militia.

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8.15C