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Chapter 8 Test: The Road to Revolution

Multiple Choice (11 points)
Circle the letter you think best answers the question:
1. Why did the British begin taxing the colonists?
a. After winning the French and Indian War, they had to pay back their war debts,
and believed the colonists should help them pay these back.
b. The British were mean.
c. They wanted to start another war.
d. King George III wanted to make the colonists angry.
2. What was the group called that led protests against new taxes?
a. The Liberty Tree
b. The Patriot Patrol
c. Men of Freedom
d. Sons of Liberty
3. Who were the two men (other than Paul Revere) to complete the route from
Lexington to Concord, warning colonists that the British were coming?
a. Samuel Prescott and Benjamin Franklin
b. William Dawes and James
c. William Dawes and John Hancock
d. William Dawes and Samuel Prescott
4. In the Battle at Lexington, what was the first shot called? (The shot no one knows
who fired!)
a. The First Shot
b. The Shot Heard Round the World
c. The Start of the Revolution.
d. The Powder Keg.

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5. What is a boycott?
a. A refusal to buy goods
b. A boy that sleeps on a cot
c. A tax on printed material
d. A tax on British imports
6. What is a militia?
a. A group of women that boycotted British goods
b. A group of Patriots that led protests
c. A tax on imported goods
d. Volunteer Armies
7. What were groups of colonists formed to spread new quickly in the 13 colonies
called?
a. Sons of Liberty
b. Daughters of Liberty
c. Committees of Correspondence
d. The Pony Express
8. Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
a. George Washingtons daughters
b. The daughters of the patriots living in Boston
c. A group of women that boycotted British goods
d. Girls that were loyal to the British
9. At which event did the Sons of Liberty dress as Mohawk Natives, board three British
ships, and dump the tea overboard into the Boston Harbor?
a. The Boston Tea Party
b. The Boston Massacre
c. Paul Reveres Midnight Ride from Boston
d. Right before the Shot Heard Round the World

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10. Who were Minutemen?
a. Men who could be ready to fight the British at a minutes notice
b. British soldiers who were trained load and fire their rifles in a minute
c. Colonists who supported the British and fought for them
d. Men who drink MinuteMaid lemonade in one minute
11. Who was an important Patriotic Leader of the time?
a. John Hancock
b. John Prescott
c. James from Libertys Kids
d. Sarah Phillips

Fill in the Blank (4 points)

Using the word bank, fill in the blank with the act passed by the British that the
sentence best describes.
Stamp Act

Tea Act

Townshend Acts

Intolerable Acts

12. The ___________________ were laws passed to punish the people of Boston
following the Boston Tea Party.
13. The _________________ placed a tariff or tax on all goods imported (brought in
from) Britain.
14. In order to follow the ____________________ colonists had to buy stamps
whenever they bought printed materials such as newspapers.
15. The _____________________ stated that only the East India Company, a British
business could sell tea to the 13 colonies.

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Matching (6 points)
In the blank next to the number, match the person with the correct description.
____16. Patriot Express Rider who rode from Boston to
A. Crispus Attucks
Lexington to warn the people that the British were coming.
B. Paul Revere

____17. One of the first to speak out against the Stamp Act.
____18. Patriot leader during the American Revolution. He

C. Patrick Henry

defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

____19. One of the victims of the Boston Massacre.

D. Samuel Adams
____20. Organized the Sons of Liberty and inspired many to
take action against British.
E. John Adams
____21. A Representative of Virginia at the First Continental
F. George Washington

Congress. As a general, he was ready to fight against the

British.

Short Answer (14 points)

List the correct answers for each of the following questions.
22. Where did the Battle of Bunker Hill actually take place?

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23. Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill? (Hint: tell both sides)

24. What was the signal put in the church bell tower to warn the colonists that the British
were coming by sea?

25. What two cities did Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warn about
the British coming?

26. List 2 important decisions the colonists made at the First Continental Congress:
1.
2.
27. What happened at the Boston Massacre?

28. What did the Patriots believe was worth fighting for?