Terranova Social Studies Practice

What does it mean to "repeal" a law?

• To protest it

• To overturn it

• To refuse to obey it

• To obey it grudgingly

If you were boycotting British tea, what would you be doing?

• Tarring and feathering British tea merchants

• Dumping British tea into Boston Harbor

• Refusing to buy British tea

• Paying high prices for British tea

What is a loyalist?

• A person who was a slave

• A person selling clothes

• A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause

• A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the Amerian cause

What is a partiot in the American Revolution?

• colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule.

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• colonists who supported British rule.

• person who didn't care if British ruled or not.

What was a leading cuase in the American Revolution?

• taxes

• food

• land

• slavery

When did the American Revolution occur?

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• 1775

• 1991

• 1672

All these people were patriots in the American Revolution EXCEPT

• George Washington

• William Franklin

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

The French and Indian War occurred before the American Revolution and lead to the extra taxes.

• True

• False

British ruled America prior to the American Revolution.

• True

• False

American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and American War by paying

• Patriots

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• taxes

• boycott