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Worksheets8th Grade Module 4 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?
they argued for more taxes
they moved to the Atlantic Coast
they resorted to muggling
they went to court
Why were colonists angry after the Tea Act?
They wanted Parliament to remove some of the taxes on tea.
They wanted the ships to deliver tea to Boston Harbor.
They wanted to make their own decisions about what tea to buy.
They wanted to purchase East India Company Tea.
What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?
Coercive Acts
Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
Suffolk Resolves
How did Parliament react to the news of the Boston Tea Party?
Parliament decided to boycott tea.
Parliament passed the Coercive Acts.
Parliament sent food and clothing to Boston.
Parliament tried to hold meetings in Boston.
What was Thomas Paine's opinion about the colonies and Great Britain?
The colonies should break from British rule.
The colonies should continue to be taxed by Britain.
The colonies should remain under British rule.
The colonies should stop fighting British.
Where did many colonists believe fighting with the British would first break out?
Great Britain
New England
Philadelphia
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?
George Mason
George Stout
John Adams
John Locke
The Stamp Act outraged colonists because they believed Parliament could tax them.
True
False
One of the Coercive Acts forced the colonies to allow British soldiers to live among the colonists.
True
False
Some colonists were Loyalists who sided with Britain; the other colonists were Patriots who supported the right to independence.
False
True
The Second Continental Congress chose Thomas Jefferson to command the Continental Army.
False
True
The Declaration of Independence explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation.
True
False
What was the name of the battle in which the Patriots finally defeated the British?
Saratoga
New Jersey
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Who was the French nobleman who helped the Patriots fight the British?
Bernardo de Galvez
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
Lord Dunmore
Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?
Philadelphia
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Loyalist strength was strongest in
New England
New York
the Carolinas and Georgia
Ohio River Valley
After the French and Indian War, a conflict between American colonies and the British government developed. Why did this happen?
What were some of the Patriots' advantages in the war? (3 sentences)
What was the American Revolution? (2 sentences)
How did each battle impact the American Revolution? (2 sentences)
