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Knox Jr High American Revolution Test Review
Knox Jr High American Revolution Test Review
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A comprehensive review of the 8th grade Revolution unit. For gen ed, not Pre AP
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1
The first section of the Declaration of Independence is know as the
Prelude
Declaration of natural rights
Grievances
Preamble
2
I am a French military advisor to George Washington and helped train the soldiers at Valley Forge
John Locke
Marquis de Lafayette
John Paul Jones
Paul Revere
3
The act of not purchasing items or services out of protest
Petition
Boycott
Repeal
Duty
4
A turning point for the colonists, after this victory France and Spain are allies
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Yorktown
5
Direct tax that required colonists to pay for official seal on many paper products
Intolerable Act
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
Townshend Act
6
Order the events in chronological order
1, 3, 5, 4, 2
2, 3, 5, 4, 1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
4, 3, 2, 5, 1
7
A loyalist is a colonist who wanted independence from England
True
False
8
The Second Continental Congress elected Thomas Gage as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
True
False
9
An example of a grievance is "He has kept among us, in times of peace standing armies"
True
False
10
Mercy Otis Warren wrote anti British Propaganda in the form of plays, poems, and pamphlets
True
False
11
The colonists won this battle due to a surprise attack at night on Christmas night
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Dorchester Heights
Battle of Yorktown
12
Paul Revere was the only rider for his famous "midnight ride."
False
True
13
What were the taxes paying for?
British Soldiers stationed in the colonies
Colonist debt from the war of 1812
Monthly shipments of British supplies
14
German mercenaries hired by the British to fight in the Revolutionary War were
Hessians
Guerillas
Loyalists
Chesepians
15
An example of Civil Disobedience
Colonists boycotting British goods
Lexington and Concord
Boston Tea Party
16
The French and Indian War was a result of France and Great Britain laying claim to which area?
Appalachian Mountains
Ohio River Valley
Southern Colonies
Great Plains
17
The Treaty of Paris 1783 made Great Britain recognize the independence of America
True
False
18
A group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians, killing three and wounding 2
The Bloody Boston Affair
The Bostonian Sad Face
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Atrocity
19
Colonists disguised as Native Americans sneak into Boston Harbor, and dump 342 chests of tea
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Fiasco
Boston Tea Retaliation
The Boston Tea Act
20
This would be the last major land battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Valley Forge
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Antietam
21
What was the main reason for the intolerable acts?
to punish Boston for the Tea Party
to work with the colonists
to punish Georgia for boycotting
22
This Sons of Liberty member would take a midnight ride to Lexington to warn of the British
Paul Newman
John Adams
Paul Revere
Williams Howe
23
Which political philosopher did Thomas Jefferson gain the most influence for the Declaration
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
24
This battle would start the Revolution with the famous "shot heard 'round the world."
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Concord
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Saratoga
25
Which of the following was
NOT
a result of the French and Indian War?
George Washington gained valuable military experience
Great Britain gained North American Territory
Native Americans were forced out of Ohio River Valley
Britain built up enormous debt
26
In April of 1775, Governor Thomas Gage ordered soldiers to Concord for the purpose of
Rescue a British officer being held hostage
Seaize a stockpile of weapons
Restore order after riots
Intercepting a delivery of smuggled tea
27
A secret group formed by many colonists to protect rights of colonists, were sometimes violent
Sons of Freedom
Sons of the COlonies
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Anarchy
28
Which Pamphlet was used to encourage American Colonists to declare independence?
Pride and Prejudice
The Crisis
Sense and Sensibilities
Common Sense
29
Which of the following was
NOT
a result of the intolerable acts
The port of Boston was closed
A higher tax placed on tea
Royal governor could ban town hall meetings
British officials would stand trial in Britain not Boston
30
Crispus Attucks was the first casualty of the American Revolution
False
True
31
Who said "No Taxation without Representation"
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
32
I was an Officer in the continental navy and fought the British ship HMS Serapis and won!
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
John Paul Jones
James Armistead
33
The British passed the Proclamation of 1763 banning
The smuggling of tea into Native American territory
The sale of furs east of the Mississippi
British settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
British settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains
