
4A-Causes of the American Revolution
Quiz by Catherine Chesser
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)
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- Q1Analyze the following statements to determine which was made by a Loyalist during the American Revolution."...give me liberty or give me death!""Americans, as British citizens, must pay their taxes!""A government of our own is our natural right...""We must indeed all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately!"45s113.20.4.A
- Q2In the two years prior to the American colonists declaring their freedom, they grew increasingly resentful of Great Britain because of-- (8.4A)the limitations placed by Parliament of religious freedom in the coloniesBritain's refusal to provide financial aid to the coloniesBritain giving support to the Native Americans fighting against the coloniststhe colonists' opposition to being taxed without representation in the British Parliament30s113.20.4.A
- Q3The excerpt below reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the-- (8.4A)handling of British Parliament's response to the actions of the Sons of Liberty during the Boston Tea Partyagreement made by the King and Parliament to place a tax on all printed material in the coloniespassage of the Proclamation that halted the colonists expanding into the lands acquired from the French and Indian Wareconomic policies imposed by Great Britain without colonial representation following the French and Indian War30s113.20.4.A
- Q4Britain had supplied the colonists with supplies and troops during the French and Indian War. Immediately after the war Britain-- (8.4A)began enacting economic policies on the colonies to help pay for the warclosed Boston Harbor and passed laws forcing colonists to house British troopswanted to ask France to sell their territory west of the Mississippi riverpassed a series of laws designed to restrict colonial trade and disrupt colonial government30s113.20.4.A
- Q5Which of the following would best describe the missing event in the timeline? (8.4A)England closes harbor to all shipping, issues the Quartering Act, and restricts town meetings.General Burgoyne's men surrender in what turns out to be the turning point battle of the war.Washington's leadership is tested when his men have no supplies during a brutally cold winter.Parliament passes a law that restricts the expansion of the colonists past the Appalachian Mountains.30s113.20.4.A
- Q6Which of the following best explains the reasoning of the King for passing the Intolerable Acts? (8.4A)"Those colonists are not going to be allowed to move past the mountains...I will not pay to protect them from the Native Americans.""Those colonists want war...Then they will have it.""They are committing treason by signing that document.""They will pay for dumping my tea overboard...make them submit to my authority."30s113.20.4.A
- Q7Based on the point of view in this cartoon, where would this have most likely been published? (8.4A)Boston GlobePatriot PressVirginia HeraldLondon Observer30s113.20.4.A
- Q8These quotes offer different points of view about which event? (8.4A)Causes of the French and Indian WarEffects of the American RevolutionEffects of Shays' RebellionCauses of the American Revolution30s113.20.4.A
- Q9According to the graphic below the colonies were upset by the British-- (8.4A)limiting the westward expansion of the colonies by giving weapons to the Native Americans to use against the colonistspractice of mercantilism that used the raw materials in the colonies and kept them dependent on finished products from Britainrequiring the colonists to give housing and supplies to all the British troops that were stationed in the coloniesuse of the free enterprise system which prevented the colonies from smuggling imports and exports30s113.20.4.A
- Q10Which quote best explains the colonists' frustration with the theory of mercantilism? (8.4A)"We are tired of not having a voice in the representative houses of Parliament that make laws we must abide by.""The King has placed limits on our expansion, even though we fought and died to gain the territory past the Appalachian Mountains.""Britain gets rich from making us buy the manufactured goods that they make with our raw materials.""Britain is taxing all the goods that we import from them, even such necessities of paper and tea."30s113.20.4.A
- Q11The cartoon below reflects the colonists' frustration with-- (8.4A)not being protected from the Native Americanshaving to pay to house British soldiersbeing taxed without any voice in governmentbeing forced to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains30s113.20.4.A
- Q12The engraving best explains the colonial viewpoint of the Boston Massacre that the-- (8.4A)closing of the Boston Harbor harmed the colonial economyshots at Lexington were the opening shots of the revolutionBritish soldiers fired on an unarmed group of colonistscolonists were throwing stones and sticks at the soldiers30s113.20.4.A
- Q13Which statement correctly contrasts the British view and the colonial view of the Proclamation Line established in 1763? (8.4A)The British viewed the line as a way to provide land for new settlers, but colonists believed they already owned the land west of the line.The British viewed the line as a way to avoid hostilities between Native Americans and colonists, but colonists believed the line limited their freedom and challenged land claims already in place.The British viewed the line as a way to offer safe territories for Native Americans, but colonists believed they should share all the land with the different tribes.The British viewed the line as a way to prevent the French from entering the colonies, but colonists believed the line did not provide enough protection from the French and Native Americans.30s113.20.4.A
- Q14The British Parliament enacted the Intolerable Acts in direct response to the-- (8.4A)refusal of the colonists to support the French and Indian WarBoston Tea Party and other colonial protests of the Tea Act of 1773Virginia Resolves that denied Parliament's right to tax the coloniesformation of the First Continental Congress in the colonies30s113.20.4.A
- Q15The British Parliament enacted the Intolerable Acts in direct response to the-- (8.4A)formation of the First Continental Congress in the coloniesBoston Tea Party and other colonial protests of the Tea Act of 1773Virginia Resolves that denied Parliament's right to tax the coloniesrefusal of the colonists to support the French and Indian War30s113.20.4.A