8th Grade SS - 8.4A
Quiz by Debbie Turner
Grade 8
Social Studies
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- Q1British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they—wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nationsfeared it would provoke attacks from American Indiansresented the limits it imposed on westward expansiondid not want to share control of the fur trade30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q2The excerpt reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the —interference of Great Britain in the slave tradeeconomic consequences of the Great Awakeningeconomic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian Warpolitical debates that took place at the Albany Convention30s
- Q3These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —imposing regulations on colonial agricultureangering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violatedpunishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliamentrestricting colonial trade with American Indians30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q4Which of the following best completes this diagram?Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.Colonists sought military support from France.Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q5How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could haveBy requiring colonists to enlist in the militaryBy introducing indentured servitude to the middle coloniesBy preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q6What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?To recover the cost of defending the coloniesTo encourage foreign trade with the coloniesTo fund the establishment of new coloniesTo promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
