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Lusher Middle School 7th Grade Q1 exam

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Social Studies Q1

Pregunta 1 de 20

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All of the following led to American victory EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Americans were familiar with the local geography.

  • Help from other nations like Russia was crucial in providing weapons.

  • Patriot soldiers were fighting for their homes and beliefs.

  • The colonists were able to unify for the American cause

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 20

1

This French noble, inspired by the Declaration of Independence, volunteered to serve in the American army without pay. He served as an aide to Washington and commanded part of the Continental Army. He convinced the French government to send troops and ships to help the Americans.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Bernardo de Galvez

  • Baron de Montesquieu

  • Marquis de Lafayette

  • Friedrich von Steuben

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 20

1

All of the following are TRUE about the Continental and British forces EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Continental forces outnumbered the British forces

  • The French supported the British as allies

  • The Continental Army had very limited weapons

  • The British forces were more trained and disciplined

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 20

1

The British government issued the ________________________ which drew an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains and said colonial settlers must remove themselves from Native American lands.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Stamp Act

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Sugar Act

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 20

1

At an event called ______________________ , colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Albany Plan of Union

  • Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

  • Second Continental Congress

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 20

1

The _____________________ was a meeting in 1774, in Philadelphia, where representatives, or delegates, gathered to discuss colonial action after the Intolerable Acts.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Albany Plan of Union

  • Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

  • Second Continental Congress

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 20

1

Where did British General Cornwallis surrender to American forces, leading to the end of the American Revolutionary War?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Yorktown, Virginia

  • Boston, Massachusetts

  • Concord, Massachusetts

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 20

1

The colonists reacted angrily to the Tea Act because they thought it:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Went against the principles of mercantilism.

  • Forced them to not buy tea.

  • Kept them from buying tea at a low price.

  • Was a way to make them accept Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 20

1

All of the following are TRUE about the American camp at Valley Forge EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • It was a makeshift camp for the Patriot troops to weather the winter

  • It was a difficult winter filled with hardships for soldiers

  • George Washington went home to Martha Washington at Mount Vernon for the winter

  • The drills helped the Continental army to march and fight with new skill

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 20

1

The _____________________ were meant by the British to punish the colonists by closing the port at Boston and forbidding the colonists to hold meetings without the governor's permission. These harsh acts actually pushed the colonists closer to the Revolution.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Committees of Correspondence

  • Intolerable Acts

  • Minutemen

  • Boston Massacre

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 20

1

This free black sailor died in the Boston Massacre, one of the first colonists to lose his life in what would become the American Revolution.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • John Adams

  • Samuel Adams

  • Crispus Attucks

  • Patrick Henry

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 20

1

In 1770, at an incident named the _______________________________, five colonists were shot by British soldiers who felt threatened by a rowdy crowd.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Boston Massacre

  • The First Continental Congress

  • The Intolerable Acts

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 20

1

_______________________, president of the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration first. Some were afraid to sign, but this signer, said "There, I guess King George will be able to read that.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • John Adams

  • George Washington

  • John Hancock

  • Thomas Jefferson

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 20

1

What was significant about the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Minutemen faced British troops and forced them back at a bridge.

  • It marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

  • Minutemen used the region's geography to defeat the British from cover of woods and fields.

  • The British were not willing to use deadly force in the battle.

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 20

1

The ________________________, which taxed molasses, made it easier for British officials
to bring colonial smugglers to trial.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Stamp Act

  • Sugar Act

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 20

1

How did the Americans use local geography to their advantage in the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Americans blocked British access to Boston Harbor with their ships.

  • The Americans assembled along the north shore of the Charles River.

  • The Americans took a position on a hilltop overlooking Boston Harbor.

  • The Americans lured the British into a valley and attacked from the hills above.

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 20

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The essential idea behind the British mercantilist system was that:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The colonies should expand trade with other nations.

  • Taxes should be lower to encourage small business growth.

  • Economic growth in the colonies should benefit Britain.

  • Any tax increases should be used to support colonial growth.

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 20

1

What was the colonists' main argument against the Stamp Tax?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • It wasn't consistent with a free-enterprise system.

  • The colonists had no representatives in Parliament.

  • The colonists were already being hurt by the Navigation Acts.

  • The colonists were already being taxed by their colonial assemblies.

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 20

1

Which of the following statements comparing the Continental and British armies is MOST accurate?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The British had more troops and were better disciplined than the Americans.

  • The British had less money to buy supplies while the American supplies were plentiful.

  • The British used traditional methods of fighting while the Americans used more unconventional methods like guerilla warfare.

  • The British had more significant and powerful allies than the Americans.

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 20

1

What important issue in the American colonies symbolized the core of their dispute with British rule?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Forced enlistment in the army

  • Lack of governmental services

  • Taxation without representation

  • Manifest destiny

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