Chapters 5(Sections III & IV) & 6 Test
Lesson 5 Test
Select the letter that represents the BEST answer and transfer your answer to the answer sheet.
1. Before 1763, the American colonies had been …
A B C D
2. Which was not a major effect of the French & Indian War?
A B C D
3. While the Proclamation of 1763 was designed to promote peace, instead it …
A B C D
4. What upset American colonists most about the Stamp Act?
A B C D
5. The Townshend Acts and the Tea Act were…
A B C D
6. The Boston Massacre was a …
A B C D
7. The Intolerable Acts …
A B C D
8. The clashes between colonists and British troops at Lexington and Concord proved that …
A B C D
9. This map shows North America after the …
A French & Indian War
B Boston Massacre
C First Continental Congress
D battles of Lexington & Concord
10. The two nations with the largest claims in North America in 1763 were…
A Russia and Spain
B France and Spain
C France and Britain
D Spain and Britain
11. Based on the map, which country had lost its power in North America by 1763?
A B C D
12. What is the subject of this cartoon?
A colonial boycott of British goods
B tea tax protests in the colonies
C opposition to the Quartering Acts
D the impact of the Intolerable Acts
13. The men wearing coats represent…
A tax collectors.
B merchants.
C protesters.
D governors.
14. How does the cartoon view these men?
A as lawless troublemakers
B as brave Patriots
C as law-abiding Loyalists
D as greedy merchants
Read the passage below. Then read each question and choose the best answer based on the passage.
We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard…and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with our tomahawks, so as to thoroughly expose them to the effects of the water. In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found on the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the same time. We were surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to resist us.
15. What is being described in this passage?
A B C D
16. This description is written from the point of view of a …
A B C D
17. The word execute has several meanings. Which definition best fits the way execute is used in this sentence from the passage? “We immediately proceeded to execute his orders….”
A B C D
18. Which of these acts of Parliament was a cause of the event described above?
A B C D
19. Which of these acts of Parliament was a result of this event?
A B C D
20. This passage is an example of a ….
A B C D
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Lesson 5 Test
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denied religious freedom by the king.
heavily taxed by the British government.
left alone to govern themselves.
ruled with a firm hand by Parliament.
Greatly expanded Britain’s empire in North America.
Reduced colonists’ need for protection against the French in Canada.
Opened the Ohio Valley to settlement by removing Native Americans
Led Parliament to tax the colonies to help pay off Britain’s war debt.
triggered wars between Indian groups.
smelled of tyranny to many colonists.
sparked a boycott of British goods.
led to riots in colonial cities.
The stamp tax raised the price of paper goods sold in the colonies.
Parliament had not warned the colonies about the new stamp tax in advance.
Colonists did not want to pay taxes to keep British troops in the colonies.
Colonists believed that Parliament had no right to tax the colonies.
The Boston Massacre
The French & Indian War
The Boston Tea Party
The First Continental Congress
Boston Loyalist.
British sailor
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Boston Patriot.
Native American.
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To run a computer program or command
To make a document legally valid
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Britain
France
Russia
Spain
To carry out or put into effect
To put someone to death
Tea Act (1773)
A appointment by The President
Intolerable Acts (1774)
Townshend Acts (1767)
Quartering Act (1765)
A appointment by The President
Americans were willing to fight for the right to govern themselves.
militia troops were no match for well-trained British soldiers.
colonists no longer felt any loyalty to Great Britain.
General Gage was a weak military leader.
noisy protest against the Stamp Act by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
turned the colonies against Boston.
united the colonies against Britain.
forced the colonies to give in to Britain.
deadly riot between colonists and British troops stationed in Boston
fierce battle that took place in Boston during the French and Indian Wars.
divided the colonies against each other.
smallpox epidemic that killed a large number of Native Americans.
opposed as “taxation without representation” by most colonists.
approved by most Patriots, opposed by most Loyalists.
failures because they raised the price of goods too high for colonists to buy.
accepted and obeyed by all but a few hotheads in Boston.
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Lesson 5 Test
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piece of fiction written about an event that never happened.
secondary source written by a historian about an event.
primary source written by an eyewitness to an event.
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Lesson 5 Test
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propaganda piece written to sway the readers’ emotions about an event.
Townshend Acts (1767)
Quartering Act (1765)
Intolerable Acts (1774)
Tea Act (1773)
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