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8th Grade History Test
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Who wrote the Unite or Die cartoon, what were they trying to do?
Thomas Jefferson, as a team we can be defeated and broken
Benjamin Franklin, strength comes from #s & common purpose
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What does Propaganda mean?
1sided info. influences peps actions by playing on emotions.
To protest or not support something
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What battle was considered the beginning of the war?
The Boston Massacre
Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
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What is the Treaty of Paris?
Document that stated British will boycott the colonists
Document stated colonies would be part of the British
Document ended the Revolutionary War
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What is the Stamp Act?
Force colonists to pay taxes on official docs&certain papers
Forced colonists to allow soldiers into their homes
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What is the Quartering Act?
Ended Revolutionary War
Forced colonists to allow British soldiers into their homes
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What does repeal mean?
To protest or not support something
To revoke or get rid of
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What was NOT part of the First Continental Congress?
They created the Declaration of Independence
They planned future meetings
They created the Declaration of Rights
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What does allies mean?
Against each other, leading into war
Fighting on the same side, working together in war.
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What does boycott mean?
To protest or not support something
Using males to set up supplies and tents for the colonists
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What was the Second Continental Congress?
Washington was in charge of the great debate
Created the Declaration&Washington was in charge of army
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What was the Boston Massacre?
King orders soldiers to shoot all colonists & gov. building
British soldiers were shot by a group colonists
British soldiers shot into a crowd of colonists
French soldiers were shot by British soldiers
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What is the Continental Army
Profession army led by George Washington in the Revolution
Army recruited by the British led by King George 3rd
14
George Washington was in charge of the ___ during the war.
White House
Government
Continental Army
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What is the Tea Act?
Law that enabled British to take all the tea from colonists
Law passed by Britain gov led to Boston Tea Party
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What does this picture represent what important event?
Bloody Massacre in King Street
Washington Crossing
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What is the proclamation of 1763?
Said that colonists could create their own laws
Said the colonists could not go past the Appalachian Mtns.
Document that ended the Revolutionary War
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What is the Declaration of Independence?
Document stating the colonies are separate from Britain
Document made by the British controlling the colonies
19
What is the definition of the Albany Plan of Union?
Created: Benjamin Franklin. To create a gov for all colonies
Law passed by British gov that allowed soldiers into homes
secret society that focused on rights of colonists
Law passed by British gov that forced colonists to pay taxes
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What does militia mean?
military made up of unprofessional soldiers.
A strategy a general used in the French and Indian war.
21
What Document ended the war and who won?
The Quartering Act, British
Treaty of Paris, British
The Stamp Act, French
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True or False: The 13 colonies remained part of Britain after the war ended.
True
False
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What were the British and French fighting over?
land
supplies and livestock
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What is the Sons of Liberty?
A group of men who rung the liberty bell during meetings.
Secret society focuses on rights of colonists.
25
What document ended the war?
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
26
Who was involved in the war?
Spanish and the Indians
French and the Spanish
Great Britain and New France
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Why did the British tax the colonists?
They needed to pay for their debt in the French & Indian War
King George 3rd needed a new palace
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What is republicanism?
Government ruled by other countries
Government ruled by the people
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What did the colonists want to happen when the war ended?
They wanted more land
They wanted slavery to end
They wanted to be separate from Britain as their own country
They wanted Britain to give the more money
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The Intolerable Acts were created to punish the colonists for___?
The French and Indian War
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The Continental Congress
