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WorksheetsUnit 3 8th SS Test
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this event: after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor.
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Intolerable Act
2.
What effect did the Boston Tea Party have?
a)
The king said sorry
b)
the colonist said sorry
c)
the king was mad and made the intolerable acts
d)
the king was mad and made the proclamation of 1763
3.
What effect did the Boston Tea Party have?
a)
The king said sorry
b)
the colonist said sorry
c)
the king was mad and made the intolerable acts
d)
the king was mad and made the proclamation of 1763
4.
What is this event: Forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. This angered many because the land there was open, cheap, and good for farming.
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Townshend Act
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Intolerable acts
5.
Why did the King need to tax items such as Sugar and Paper (stamp act)
a)
the french and indian war cost money
b)
He wanted new shoes
c)
the colonies were not taxes themselves
d)
the colonist were taxing people too much already
6.
What is this event: The War between France & England would be costly and England would pass on those costs to the Colonies in the form of higher taxes
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
French and Indian War
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
7.
What is this event: 5 colonist died after British soldiers fired at a crowd
a)
The Boston Tea Party
b)
The Boston Massacre
8.
What is this event: Statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Common Sense
d)
Declaration of Independence
9.
Which of these is an Intolerable Act?
(Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774)
(Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774)
a)
Must pay for tea dumped in sea
b)
Massachusetts is under British government
c)
More Soldiers sent to Massachusetts
d)
All of the above including Soldiers will stand trial in England
10.
What is this event: Colonist were storing weapons and the British marched to the town they were doing this. A fight broke out.
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Yorktown
c)
Valley Forge
d)
Lexington and Concord
11.
This event happened at the first continental congress.
a)
Delegates agreed to send a respectful message to King George: The message urged the king to consider their complaints and to recognize their rights
b)
Delegates also called for a new boycott of British goods until Parliament repealed the Intolerable Acts
c)
They agreed to meet again if the boycott did not work
d)
all of the above
12.
This person wants to stay part of the British Government and not go to war
a)
Patriot
b)
Loyalist
13.
This person supports the war and the colonist right to freedom
a)
Patriot
b)
Loyalist
14.
This gave more rights to the colonist
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Common sense
c)
Proclamation of 1763
15.
Who is this a strength of?
They had help from oversea allies
They had help from oversea allies
a)
Colonist
b)
British
16.
Who is this a strength of?
Better supplied and trained army?
Better supplied and trained army?
a)
Colonist
b)
British
17.
Who is this a strength of?
The Hessians fought with them.
The Hessians fought with them.
a)
Colonist
b)
British
18.
Who is this a strength of?
A willingness to die for freedom
A willingness to die for freedom
a)
Colonist
b)
British
19.
This is an event of the second continental congress.
a)
Voted on a president
b)
Voted on a leader of the army
c)
Voted on capital of country
20.
What country became an ally to American Colonist?
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Spain
d)
France
21.
Which of these best describes how the colonists viewed themselves in 1774?
a)
They saw themselves as united Americans
b)
They saw themselves as dependent on the king
c)
They saw themselves as citizens of their individual colonies
d)
They saw themselves as united under the British government
22.
What was a goal of the First Continental Congress?
a)
to declare war on Great Britain
b)
to find a solution to the conflicts with Great Britain
c)
create taxes that would be acceptable to the Americans
23.
The name Boston Massacre was given to the events of March 5, 1770, in order to...
a)
create anti-British sentiment
b)
create trouble for the colonists
c)
warn of a deadly disease in the city
d)
describe the truth about what happened.
24.
What was the name of the battle that ended the war?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
New York
d)
Yorktown
25.
Why did African Americans join the Continental army?
a)
They had excellent military skills.
b)
They were generously paid to join the army
c)
They blamed Great Britain for their enslavement
d)
They hoped independence would lead to an end of slavery
26.
What caused the American defeat in Brooklyn, New York, in August 1776?
a)
weak leadership
b)
unmotivated troops
c)
undisciplined enemy
d)
inexperienced soldiers
27.
Which of these was an effect of the American victory at Saratoga?
a)
British troops gained confidence
b)
General Burgoyne resigned his post
c)
Great Britain withdrew from Canada
d)
European countries came to the aid of America
28.
What was the result of the American victories at Trenton and Princeton?
a)
The Hessians joined the American side
b)
It showed that the Americans could defeat the British
c)
It proved that General Washington was wrong about his soldiers
d)
The British were forced to abandon New York and New Jersey.
29.
In addition to independence, what did the Treaty of Paris give to the Americans?
a)
British land in Canada
b)
the right to punish the Loyalists
c)
land east of the Mississippi River
d)
the return of taxes paid to Great Britain
30.
Which statement describes Washington’s military strategy after 1776?
a)
to avoid battles with the British
b)
to defeat the British in one large battle
c)
to fight a defensive war and tire the British out
d)
to prevent food and supplies from reaching the British
31.
These men were part of which side of the war?
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Paul Revere
Francis Marion
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Paul Revere
Francis Marion
a)
Colonist
b)
British
32.
Which colony is #1
a)
Connecticut
b)
Georgia
c)
Delaware
d)
Massachusetts
33.
Which colony is #3
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Delaware
c)
South Carolina
d)
New Jersey
34.
Which colony is #4
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Connecticut
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
35.
Which colony is #5
a)
New York
b)
New Jersey
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Delaware
36.
Which colony is #6
a)
Virginia
b)
New York
c)
North Carolina
d)
Pennsylvania
37.
Which colony is #7
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Connecticut
c)
New Jersey
d)
New York
38.
Which colony is #8
a)
New York
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Delaware
d)
Virginia
39.
Which colony is #9
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
Delaware
d)
South Carolina
40.
Which colony is #10
a)
North Carolina
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Pennsylvania
41.
Which colony is #11
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New Hampshire
42.
Which colony is #12
a)
Virginia
b)
Connecticut
c)
Georgia
d)
South Carolina
43.
Which colony is #13
a)
New Jersey
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Massachusetts
44.
Which Colony is #2
a)
Maryland
b)
Delaware
c)
North Carolina
d)
Rhode Island
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