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Grade 8 American Revolution

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The British hired German soldiers to fight for them in the Revolutionary War.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 American Revolution
Which Prime Minister of England repealed the Townshend Acts?
  1. Pitt the Elder
  2. Charles Townshend
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. Lord North
Grade 8 American Revolution
When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, representatives of the United State and Great Britain signed the
  1. Potsdam Declaration
  2. Versaille Treaty
  3. Mayflower Compact
  4. Treaty of Paris
Grade 8 American Revolution
Which statement best describes the effects of the American Revolution on women?
  1. The political rights of women were reduced.
  2. Women had to take on many new responsibilities.
  3. Many women were forced to serve in the army.
  4. The Declaration of Independence granted equal rights to women.
Grade 8 American Revolution
How did the colonies react to the new taxes created by the British?
  1. Colonists rebelled and got angry
  2. Colonists payed taxes with no great reaction
  3. Colonists killed the Spanish
  4. Colonists colonized Britain
Grade 8 American Revolution
The American Revolution was greatly influential in what country?
  1. Great Britain
  2. Germany
  3. France
  4. Spain
Grade 8 American Revolution
The turning point of the American Revolution was at which battle?
  1. Battle of New York
  2. Battle of Saratoga
  3. Battle of Yorktown
  4. Battle of Valley Forge
Grade 8 American Revolution
British General Cornwallis surrendered his troops at which battle that was the last major battle of the American Revolution?
  1. Battle of New York
  2. Battle of Trenton
  3. Battles of Lexington & Concord
  4. Battle of Yorktown
Grade 8 American Revolution
In Boston, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and:
  1. threw British officials into the ocean.
  2. threw tea into the ocean.
  3. threw King George the III into the ocean.
  4. threw 300 chests of coffee into the ocean
Grade 8 American Revolution
Which prime minister of Great Britain planned to lift trade restrictions on the colonies to boost private enterprise?
  1. Charles Townshend
  2. John Revere
  3. William Pitt the Elder
  4. Thomas Jefferson
Grade 8 American Revolution
The Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts were passed in response to
                                   
  1. The Boston Tea Party
  2. The Stamp Act riots
  3. The Boston Massacre
  4. The Battle of Lexington and Concord
  5. All of the above
Grade 8 American Revolution
Where did the Second Continental Congress convene?
  1. New York
  2. Boston
  3. London
  4. Philidelphia
  5. Indianapolis
Grade 8 American Revolution
Many of the Patriot soldiers did not have
  1. shoes
  2. jackets
  3. socks
  4. all of the above
Grade 8 American Revolution
After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?
  1. Battle of Boston
  2. Battle of Concord
  3. Battle of Bunker Hill
  4. Battle of Lexington
Grade 8 American Revolution
Whose name has come to mean "traitor?"
  1. Nathanael Greene
  2. Charles Cornwallis
  3. Benedict Arnold
  4. Francis Marion
Grade 8 American Revolution
What was a goal of the First Continental Congress?
  1. To declare war on Great Britain.
  2. To find a solution to the conflicts with Great Britian.
  3. To create taxes that would be acceptable to the americans
  4. To bring representatives from Great Britain and America together.
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