American Revolution
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Grade 8
Social Studies
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- Q 1/14Score 0What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?29To encourage foreign trade with the coloniesTo recover the cost of defending the coloniesTo fund the establishment of new coloniesTo promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies
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- Q1What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?To encourage foreign trade with the coloniesTo recover the cost of defending the coloniesTo fund the establishment of new coloniesTo promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q2How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?By limiting the amount of farmland each colonists could haveBy introducing indentured servitude to the middle coloniesBy preventing the colonists from trading with foreign countriesBy requiring colonists to enlist in the military30s
- Q3What was the immediate effect of the Stamp Act of 1765?Colonists dumped tea into the Boston HarborColonists sought military support from FranceColonists signed the Declaration of IndependenceColonists organized boycotts of British goods30s
- Q4British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they-resented the limits it imposed on westward expansiondid not want to share control of the fur trade with Francefeared it would provoke attacks from American Indianswanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q5Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War?The American Victory convinced France to ally with the United StatesThe British victory extended the fighting for another yearThe American defeat led many soldiers to desert the Continental ArmyThe British defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British military superiority30s
- Q6What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into serviceCompeting Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolvedBritish territory in eastern Canada was ceded to FranceGreat Britain recognized the United States as a new country30s
- Q7To which of the following is Abigail Adams referring in this excerpts?The bravery of American soldiers at Valley ForgeThe arrival of French aid after the Battle of SaratogaThe American victory at the Battle of YorktownThe negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomats30s
- Q8Which geographic feature did the British use to help limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle as part of the Proclamation of 1763?Appalachian MountainsMississippi RiverGulf of MexicoLake Michagan30s
- Q9Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homesColonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected officeColonists were not eligible to become officers in the British armyColonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia30s
- Q10Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why the colonists were unhappy with their lack of representatives in the British parliament?"For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent""He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.""For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences.""He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people."30s
- Q11The rights listed above were -defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Addressdefined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independenceestablished by a series of Supreme Court decisionsestablished by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution30s
- Q12Which of these completes this graphic organizer?Parliament passes the Intolerable ActsParliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar ActsKing George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax reliefKing George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament30s
- Q13The actions described in this excerpt were carried out in order to -protest British taxation policiesencourage the outbreak of war between England and Franceprotest a ban on selling beverages in the coloneisend trade disagreements with French traders30s
- Q14Unalienable Rights are rights that people -receive by becoming citizens of a countryare granted after enlistment in the militaryearn by demonstrating loyalty to their governmenthave as a result of being human30s
