Unit 8 Test Review

What term defines the following:

A political system in which the ruler is chosen by hereditary title and uses power to control all aspects of political life.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Republic

• Absolute Monarchy

What term(s) defines the following sentence:

A political system in which the power of the monarch is restricted by a constitution.

• Limited Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Democratic Republic

An "estate" was

• a division of social class in revolutionary Latin America

• a division of social class in revolutionary America

• a division of social class in revolutionary France

This tax was placed on molasses and sugar and fueled the fury of American colonists against the British.

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Tea Act

• The Quartering Act

This tax was placed on all printed materials, such as newspapers and playing cards, fueling the anger of the American colonists towards the British.

• The Sugar Act

• The Tea Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

Why were the American colonists saying "no taxation without representation"?

• They wanted a representative to pay their taxes

• They weren't getting an opportunity to pay their taxes

• They were being taxed without any say

Where were the first Americans killed in the war for independence?

• The Boston Massacre

• Lexington

• Concord

• Ft. Sumpter

A government system that is ran by an elected body of officials:

• republic

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• totalitarian

Lexington and Concord--

• were the locations of the Second Continental Congress

• were the locations of the first two battles of the French Revolutions

• were the locations of the First Continental Congress

• were the locations of the first two battles of the American Revolution

Who was appointed commander of the colonial army?

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson