Chapter 5 Social Studies Practice Quiz
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Reviews the causes of the Revolutionary War and such events such as the Boston Tea Party and other taxes/protests during the pre Revolutionary War era.
Questions and Answers
- 1.This was passed to help the British East Indian Company's financial problems.
- A.
Tea Act
- B.
Stamp Act
- C.
Townshend Acts
- 2.This act imposed duties on legal documents.
- A.
Tea Act
- B.
Stamp Act
- C.
Townshend Acts
- 3.This act taxed goods such as paper, paint, glass, and lead.
- A.
Intolerable Acts
- B.
Stamp Act
- C.
Townshend Acts
- 4.This was passed to forbid settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
- A.
Intolerable Acts
- B.
Proclamation of 1763
- C.
Writ of assistance
- 5.This was passed as a retaliation (revenge) for the Boston Tea Party.
- A.
Tea Act
- B.
Intolerable Acts
- C.
Repeal
- 6.A formal, written request to somone in authority is called a ___________.
- A.
Repeal
- B.
Militia
- C.
Petition
- 7.Armies of citizens that served as soldiers during emergencies were called ____________.
- A.
Minutemen
- B.
A militia
- C.
Officers
- 8.A colonial militia volunteer ready to fight at a minutes notice is a ___________.
- A.
Militia
- B.
Officer
- C.
Minutemen
- 9.The treaty that was signed to end the French and Indian War
- A.
Treaty of France
- B.
Treaty of Boston
- C.
Treaty of Paris
- 10.The first battles of the American Revolution took place in
- A.
Albany and Louisbourg
- B.
Boston and Quebec
- C.
Lexington and Concord
- 11.The role of the First Continental Congress was to
- A.
Elect a president
- B.
Spread the word abou the Intolerable Acts
- C.
Draw up a petition to repeal the Stamp Act
- 12.France and Britian were fighting for land and rivers in ___________ during the mid-1700s.
- A.
Quebec
- B.
Massachusetts
- C.
Ohio River Valley
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