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8.1 Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

New immigrants to Charles Towne settled further inland

a)

False

b)

True

2.

The very first tax was called the Rice act, was passed in 1764

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Sons of Liberty were not patriots

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Britain offered freedom to any male who served the British in the war

a)

False

b)

True

5.

Cornwallis agreed to an order from Sir Henry Clinton to send part of his army

to New York.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What was Francis Marion nickname they called him.

a)

Fox sleep

b)

Swamp fox

c)

Night owl

d)

Gamecock

7.

What is a militia.

a)

Group of citizens soldiers, not apart of the regular army.

b)

Woman who dressed as soldiers.

c)

Men from the army who stayed in homes to watch families.

d)

The king.

8.

What was James Madison called

a)

The father of the Constitution

b)

The war master

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Swamp fox

9.

How many states had to ratify before the Constitution take effect.

a)

7

b)

13

c)

9

d)

12

10.

Define TARIFF.

a)

Slave tax

b)

Taxing house

c)

Sugar act

d)

Tax on traid

11.

Those who supported the Constitution were called (a)  

12.

The Low Country leaders were in (a)   of ratifying, or approving, the Constitution

13.

The united states fought Britain again in (a)   .

14.

There was an unresolved issue of the (a)   territory of the United States won in the revolution

15.

The goal of the Up Country representative was to obtain (a)   representation in the

General Assembly of SC

16.

Where did the last major battle of the Revolution that took in South Carolina called?

a)

Battle of Eutaw Springs

b)

The battle of Yorktown

c)

The treaty of paris

d)

Kings mountain

17.

Who did the Sons of Liberty dressed as to raid a docked British Tea Ship on December 16, 1773?

a)

Farmers

b)

Native Americans

c)

Slaves

d)

Soldiers

18.

In Massachusetts a secret society that was created as a patriotic group that

protested abuses by the British government.

a)

Sons of liberty

b)

Fathers of liberty

c)

Patriots

d)

Patriots

19.

What was the name of the act that imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Townshend Act

20.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams