Social Studies Final Exam
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Section 1: Terms and Names
Please explain what or who the following are:
1. Stamp Act2. Sons of Liberty3. Boston Tea Party4. Loyalist
5. Declaration of Independence
6. Thomas Jefferson
7. Benjamin Franklin
8. Boycott
9. Quartering Act10. Boston Massacre
Section 2: Section Review
1. Why did colonists cry, “No taxation without representation”?
2. How did the committees of correspondence help keep people informed?
3. What was the Midnight Ride?
4. What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
5. Do you think the American Revolution would have occurred if Britain had not taxed the
colonies? Why or why not.
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All these were reasons Britain taxed the colonists and enacted laws EXCEPT
to raise money
to secure peace with Native Americans
to control the colonies
to maintain its status as a world power
7. The result of the Boston Massacre was
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hundreds of British deaths
hundreds of colonial deaths
increased anti-British sentiment
the Boston Tea Party
8. To keep the cause of liberty burning, Samuel Adams formed the
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writs of assistance
committees of correspondence
First Continental Congress
Townshend plan
9. One result of the First Continental Congress was
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a ban on trade with Britain
a declaration of independence
the Tea Act
the Boston Tea Party
10. It took courage to sign the Declaration of Independence because
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doing so was an act of treason
it incorporated John Locke's ideas
it angered the Loyalists
it formed the Continental Army
11. The Great Awakening
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led to the Englightenment
appealed to reason
led to religious knowledge
appealed to religious emotion
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Enlightenment ideas most influence
colonial merchant
the wealthy and educated
preachers and ministers
illiterate colonists
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The king of England maintained some authority over the colonies through
royal governors
colonial assemblies
salutary neglect
the Glorious Revolution
14. In the French and Indian War, Native Americans fought
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only for the British
only for the French
on both sides
against the settlers
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One result of Pontiac's Rebellion was
the Treaty of Paris
Braddock's defeat
the Albany Plan of Union
the Proclamation of 1763