Worksheets8th Grade American History Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 35mins
What happened in 1776?
The 1st Amendment was added
Bill of right was introduced
Constitution was signed
Declaration of Independence
This created a temporary border at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting the movement of the colonists
Appalachian Line of 1769
Proclamation of 1763
Northwest Ordinance of 1767
Colonial Border of 1763
Treaty of Paris 1763
This act lowered the tax on molasses in order to stop colonial smuggling.
The Townshend Acts
The Sugar Act
The Coercive Acts
The Proclamation of 1763
This act allowed British soldiers to live in colonial homes.
The Quebec Act
The Stamp Act
The Declaratory Act
The Quartering Act
This law placed a tax on all printed material in the colonies including wills, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.
The Declaratory Act
The Stamp Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts
This act gave an unfair advantage to a the British East India Company by allowing the British company to not pay tax on tea.
The Tea Act
The Townshend Act
The Coercive Act
The Declaratory Act
These acts placed a tax only on imported goods like paper, glass, tea, and lead.
The Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts
The Townshend Acts
Writs of Assistance
What was the COLONIAL name for the acts that closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, and other harsh penalties?
The Coercive Acts
The Townshend Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Proclamation of 1763
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Massacre
Proclamation of 1763
Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
British soldiers killed 5 colonists after they were throwing snowballs and rocks at the redcoats.
Boston Tea Party
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Boston Massacre
The British had many advantages in the war, including ____.
home field advantage
support of the French
men anxious to be in the army
a strong navy and well-trained army
Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called
Separatists
Patriots
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
What was the name given to Americans who supported independence?
Tories
Patriots
Separatists
Loyalists
In which battle did Washington cross the Delaware River and ambush the British?
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker Hill
Why was the American victory at Saratoga a turning point of the war?
King George III agreed to give the Americans their independence after the battle at
Saratoga.
General Howe met with General Washington after the battle at Saratoga.
The French announced their support for the Americans after the battle at Saratoga.
The Americans convinced the British forces to give up after the battle at Saratoga.
What is the significance of Valley Forge for the Continental Army?
George Washington led the Continental Army to a key victory against the British at this site
Many of George Washington’s soldiers were forced to eat fire cake and died of small pox
at this site.
George Washington kept the Continental Army together through a harsh winter at this site.
George Washington officially took command of the Continental Army at this site.
What was the biggest Patriot advantage in the war?
The Patriot soldiers had better training than the British soldiers
They were fighting on their own land
The Americans had the support of the Spanish
They were equipped with better guns
What is the definition of boycott?
process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses
a complaint
process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses
refusal to buy something as a form of protest
The primary goal of the Sons of Liberty was to force all British stamp agents and tax collectors to ___.
collect more taxes
resign
Britain was in DEBT because of the war. What does DEBT mean?
they have millions of dollars
they have no money
they won the lottery
The Sons of Liberty formed to
quarter the soldiers from Britain
to spy on the colonist
protect the rights of the colonists
Review Question: England (Britain) had imposed (charged) taxes on the colonies as a result of their debt from which war?
the Civil War
the Vietnam War
the French and Indian War
the Korean War
What was the purpose of the Homespun Movement?
To make new styles
To boycott british goods and show economic independence
To collect feathers for tar and feathering
To create costumes to hide from the British
What happened at a spinning bee?
Women would hold recipe contests
Women would weave their own clothing and textiles
Women would gather honey from bee hives
Women would teach one another how to dance traditional British dances
Women would pass along information about the activities of the Sons of Liberty
How did the Daughters of Liberty respond to British actions they felt were unjust?
They used violence, threats, and intimidation against the British government
They organized boycotts and helped manufacture their own goods
They ignored the boycotts and were happy to buy British goods
Who organized the Boston Tea Party?
New York Tea Society
Boston Patriots
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Which event is being shown?
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Group that makes laws in Britain
Congress
Petition
Parliament
King
The First Continental Congress issued a statement of grievance calling for the repeal of 13 acts of Parliament.
True
False
The delegates agreed that Coercive Acts were illegal and called on colonists to arm themselves and ___________ against the British
create markets
create peace alliances with Prussia
create militias
None of the above
rights that cannot be taken away
unalienable rights
speech rights
just powers
consent of the governed
A list of the colonists' complaints.
Preamble
Natural Rights
Grievances
Resolution of Independence
What does manumission mean?
the capture of enslaved persons
when you go on a one man mission
the freeing of individual enslaved persons
Pontiac, a Native American leader, was fed up with the presence of the military. He and other tribes launched an attack against the British. What was this attack called?
Revolutionary War
Pontiac's Rebellion
Treaty of Paris
Boundary Battle
How did Pontiac’s Rebellion and The Proclamation of 1763 lead to both the Indians and colonists feeling negative towards the British?
They took lands from the Native Americans, and did not give them anything in return.
They did not give the colonists more rights to govern themselves.
They were not allowing the colonists to expand to the lands they wanted.
They refused to let colonists or Native Americans have land.
