WorksheetsChapter 8 Test REVIEW
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Britain imposed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts on the colonists because...
Britain needed money.
The king wanted colonists to return to Britain.
Britain thought colonists were too healthy.
Britain wanted to give money to the colonists to expand their cities.
The Daughters of Liberty supported the boycott of British goods by...
giving speeches and drawing political cartoons
making tea and weaving cloth
giving speeches and attending rallies
handing out pamphlets and posters
The effect of British taxation on the colonists as a whole was they...
became more divided
paid for British support
started to unite as Americans
returned to Britain
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the colonist's protests of British taxes ...
Patrick Henry spoke to the House of Representatives.
The colonists agreed to pay the taxes.
The Sons of Liberty was formed
The colonists boycotted British goods.
Who organized the Sons of Liberty?
Patrick Henry
Mercy Otis Warren
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
Who was the first to speak out against the Stamp Act?
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Christopher Gadsden
The Boston Tea Party showed that the colonists...
did not like tea
supported Mohawk causes
strongly protested the tea tax
wanted to keep the tea in Boston
The purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was to ...
train express riders
keep in touch with Britain
share news among the colonies
unite the colonies in friendship
Which of the following was NOT one of the Intolerable Acts?
The colonists had to pay a tax on British imports.
The colonists were forced to feed and house British soldiers.
Massachusetts was put under the control of a British general.
The port of Boston was closed.
Which of the following caused the Intolerable Acts?
Boston Massacre
First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Boston Tea Party
What was a Patriot?
colonist opposed to British rule
British soldier opposed to British rule over the colonies
colonist who agreed with British rule
British soldier who agreed with British rule over the colonies
Who offered to lead men in battle for the relief of Boston?
Paul Revere
Hugh White
Crispus Attucks
George Washington
Which Patriot warned of the British attack?
John Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
George Washington
Which event took place first?
Battle of Concord
Battle of Lexington
British retreat to Boston
Paul Revere captured
Which battle began with "the shot heard round the world"?
Bunker Hill
Breed's Hill
Lexington
Concord
Which brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?
Concord
Bunker Hill
Breed's Hill
Lexington
Who led the colonists in the battle of Bunker Hill?
John Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
William Prescott
