american revolution practice test

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Which country’s government did the colonists model their government after? Options: France, Spain, Mexico, Great Britain

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Great Britain

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Which of the following was one British principle of government valued by the American colonists? Options: the custom of having a ruling king or queen, the freedom to wage violent protest if they thought it was necessary, the potential to have an aristocratic house in the legislature, the right to pay no tax unless it was levied by their own representatives

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the right to pay no tax unless it was levied by their own representatives

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Which group led violent protests against British taxation in the colonies? Options: Virginia House of Burgesses, Parliament, Daughters of Liberty, Sons of Liberty

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Sons of Liberty

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Parliament’s _____, which taxed printed materials in the colonies, outraged the colonists who believed that only their own representatives should levy taxes.

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Stamp Act

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Which of the following men was a Virginia representative who argued for more radical opposition to Parliament? Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Charles Townshend, Patrick Henry

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Patrick Henry

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What act by customs officers began a series of events that led to the Boston Massacre? Options: the use of British soldiers to guard customs houses, the failure to collect taxes on stamps, the passage of the Townshend Acts, the seizure of the merchant ship

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the seizure of the merchant ship

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Why did the British feel it necessary to impose new taxes on the American colonists?

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to help pay war debts from fighting the French and Indian War

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At the First Continental Congress, what significant action did delegates take against the British? Options: They drafted the Declaration of Independence., They introduced the Coercive Acts., They formed the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act., They called for a boycott of all British imports.

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They called for a boycott of all British imports.

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What did the Sons of Liberty do to protest the Stamp Act?

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They tore down the office of the tax collector and destroyed his house.

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After the Stamp Act, what did those who opposed the British taxes begin to call themselves? Options: the Sons of Liberty, the Empire, the Crown, the Patriots

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the Patriots