8th Grade - Revolutionary War Unit Test

What was the colonists’ main objection to taxes imposed by the British Parliament?

• The French paid no taxes.

• Merchants had few goods.

• Producers could not export.

• They had no representation.

What was the document (written by Thomas Paine) that presented clear arguments for independence in language ordinary people could understand.

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Federalist Papers
• Rights of Man
• Common Sense
• none of these

Look at the engraving by Luigi Delnace (1863). (Battle of Lexington engraving) Which statement is supported by this source?

• Generals fought together with their soldiers during battles.

• Both men and women participated in the Revolutionary War.

• There were some professional soldiers in the Continental Army.

• British regulars had better terrain during the Battle of Lexington.

Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Which philosophy is this passage invoking?

• right to revolution

• limited government

• representative taxation

• consent of the governed

Match the following people to their significance.

• First person to die in Boston Massacre

• King George III

• French nobleman in Continental Army

• The Marquis de Layafette

• General who surrendered at Yorktown

• Lord Cornwallis

• British King during war

• Crispus Attucks

Match the following people with what they were best known for

• Started the Sons of Liberty

• Thomas Jefferson

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence

• George Washington

• Chosen to lead the Continental Army

• Sam Adams

• Minuteman who warned colonists "Redcoats are coming"

• Paul Revere

Match the following items

• warm climate, good for cash crops

• evangelicalism

• growing grains and livestock

• New England

• harsh winters, good for fishing

• Middle Colonies

• Protestant movement accenting evangelism

• Southern Colonies

• large farms; cash crops: cotton/tobacco

• plantations

Label the colonial regions.

a

b

c

New England

Southern

Middle

This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving

• Pilgrims 
• Native Americans 
• Separatists 
• Puritans 

Who was Jonathan Edwards?

• A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized spiritual rebirth
• A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized helping others and good samaritanism.
• A businessman, writer, inventor, and scientist of the Enlightenment.
• An English philosopher and political thinker: inspired Thomas Jefferson
• none of these are correct