8th History OCCT Review

Whose engraving of the Boston Massacre was used as propaganda?

Who benefited from the Tea Act?

What did the Townshend Acts do?

Who wrote about natural rights which cannot be taken away?

Who was the leader of the American forces in the Revolutionary War?

What was the first attempt to unite the British Colonies in America?

Who had troops in the colonies during time of peace and taxed without their consent?

Those who rebelled in the American Revolution were called what?

What was the colonists’ final attempt to avoid war with Britain?

Which act of Parliament required colonists to house soldiers?

Which of the following would say the purpose of government is to protect our natural rights?

The Townshend Acts were which of the following?

What did colonists call the Coercive Acts?

Which of the following called for Americans to support Independence?

Writs of assistance allowed the British to do what?

Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?

Who wrote Common Sense?

Who said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”?

In the 1700’s, who was Britain’s main rival that competed for world power and lead to a war?

Who was one of the first women to publish writings about self-rule and American history?

What did the Stamp Act do?

What were the names of those who stayed loyal to Britain?

What was the name committee asked to write the Declaration of Independence?

What concept states that the government gets its power from the consent of the governed?

Who was the English philosopher who influenced Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence?

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

The Stamp Act Congress called for which action?

Who was born a slave and became the first slave and African American to publish a book?

Where were the first shots of the American Revolution ("heard 'round the world") fired?

The percentage of voters casting ballots went from 27% to 58% between 1824 and 1828.  Why?

What allowed the East India Company to sell directly to shop keepers and avoid taxes?