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WorksheetsChp. 8 The Colonies Unite - Road to War
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
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Class
Date
1.
King George III tried to stop the fighting between the colonists and the Native Americans by announcing that all lands west of the Appalachian mountains belonged to the Native Americans. White settlers in those lands were told to leave.
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Second Continental Congress
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
2.
Colonists protested against the new British laws and taxes by
a)
Boycotting British goods & forming Committees of Correspondence
b)
tarred & feathered tax collectors & organized protests (Boston Tea Party)
c)
sent petitions to Parliament and the King
d)
All the above
3.
At this meeting the colonists decided how to respond to British policies and actions (Coercive Acts). They sent a petition to the King stating the colonist's basic rights.
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
First Continental Congress
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Second Continental Congress
4.
This meeting by the colonists began the preparations for war.
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Coercive Acts
d)
Second Continental Congress
5.
The decisions to form the Continental Army, choose George Washington as commander in chief, asking the colonies for money to supply the army and printing Continental Currency took place during the
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Second Continental Congress
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Boston Tea Party
6.
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?
a)
British
b)
Colonists
7.
The effects of the British winning the Battle of Bunker Hill were
a)
It proved to the British that the colonists would not be easy to defeat in battle
b)
it angered British leaders
c)
King George III promised to crush the colonist's rebellion
d)
All the above
8.
The colonists thought they should be free to govern themselves & that their problems with Britain could not be settled. To separate themselves from Britain the colonists wrote the
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Declaration of Independence
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