3.4 TEKS Check- Revolutionary War
Quiz by Catherine Chesser
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)(Archived)
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- Q 1/12Score 0The passage describes the compact signed between which of the following warring groups? (8.4C)29Union and ConfederacySpanish and FrenchFrench and EnglishBritish Colonists and Great Britain
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- Q1The passage describes the compact signed between which of the following warring groups? (8.4C)Union and ConfederacySpanish and FrenchFrench and EnglishBritish Colonists and Great Britain30s113.20.4.C
- Q2George Washington made his winter headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The men suffered due to lack of food and supplies, a major reason for this was-- (8.4C)Cornwallis had surrounded the Continental Army and clocked their supply linesFrance and Spain were fighting for control of the right to ship goods to the coloniesCongress had no gold to pay farmers and merchants had raised prices of goodsa majority of the suppliers were sympathetic to the Patriots and refused to sell to the British30s113.20.4.C
- Q3The quote describes the events that happened at-- (8.4C)GettysburgFort SumterSaratogaLexington30s113.20.4.C
- Q4The excerpt reflects the issues surrounding the-- (8.4C)Battle of SaratogaBattle of GettysburgBattle of ConcordBattle of Bunker Hill30s113.20.4.C
- Q5Which of the following events would best complete the statement? (8.4C)Valley ForgeSaratogaNew OrleansGettysburg30s113.20.4.C
- Q6These lines of poetry by Emerson best describe what event? (8.4C)The Battle of New OrleansThe Battle of Lexington and ConcordThe Battle of Fort SumterThe Battle of Fort McHenry30s113.20.4.C
- Q7Compared to the British army during the Revolutionary War, the colonial militias lacked-- (8.4C)proper military trainingan effective leadersupport from their countrya meaningful cause30s113.20.4.C
- Q8The first gunshot fired at the battle between British troops and colonial Minute Men at Lexington is often referred to as the "shot heard 'round the world" because it-- (8.4C)encouraged other colonists to enter the battlemarked the beginning of the Revolutionary Warcaused the first death in the Revolutionary Wardrew the support of British citizens30s113.20.4.C
- Q9Which of the following was a major consequence of the American victory over British troops in the Battle of Saratoga? (8.4C)An increase in colonial resistance led to the formation of more militias.France recognized American freedom and joined the war against Britain.Thousands of British loyalists fled from the American colonies to Canada.The battle marked the official end to the Revolutionary War.30s113.20.4.C
- Q10Washington and his troops suffered while spending the winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778) due to the-- (8.4C)desertion of many American troopspresence of British and Hessian spiesconstant attacks by the British armylack of adequate food and clothing30s113.20.4.C
- Q11Which event represents the Battle of Yorktown? (8.4C)132430s113.20.4.C
- Q12What was the significance of the Treaty of Paris of 1783? (8.4C)The treaty marked the end of the Revolutionary War and gave the United States its independence.The treaty marked the end of the Mexican-American War and gave much of Mexico's northern territory to the United States.The treaty gave more then 7.5 million acres of Choctaw land to the state of Mississippi.The treaty gave the United States claim to most Indian lands in the Northwest Territory.30s113.20.4.C
