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8 Grade Social Studies Mr. Cain Unit 2 Assessment 2017 - 2018 Date: - Name: - Advisory

This document is a practice assessment for an 8th grade social studies class covering Unit 2. It contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key events in the Revolutionary Era, including the Intolerable Acts, Battle of Saratoga, and passage of the Tea Act. The assessment is intended to evaluate students' understanding of the causes of the American Revolution and major developments during that time period.

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8 Grade Social Studies Mr. Cain Unit 2 Assessment 2017 - 2018 Date: - Name: - Advisory

This document is a practice assessment for an 8th grade social studies class covering Unit 2. It contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key events in the Revolutionary Era, including the Intolerable Acts, Battle of Saratoga, and passage of the Tea Act. The assessment is intended to evaluate students' understanding of the causes of the American Revolution and major developments during that time period.

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8th Grade

Social Studies
Mr. Cain

Unit 2 Assessment
2017 - 2018

Date: __________
Name: __________________
Advisory: __________
1. Which of the following was a grievance from the Declaration of
Independence?

a. Colonists born in America could not travel to England to serve in

Parliament

b. Colonists could not serve in the British Army

c. Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes

d. Colonists were required to serve in the British Army

The Intolerable Acts


First Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia
Thomas Paines Common Sense published

2. All of the events listed above occurred during

a. The era of westward expansion

b. The Era of Good Feelings

c. The Revolutionary Era

d. The Pre-Revolutionary Era

3. How did the mercantilist policies of Great Britain (England) create tension
between Great Britain and the colonies?

a. By making it illegal for colonists to trade with foreign countries

b. By restricting the amount of land each colonists could own

c. By forcing colonists to serve in the British Army

d. By making every colonist own a slave, even if he or she was against


slavery.
4. British Colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they

a. Feared it would cause American Indians to attack them

b. Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

c. Resented (were angry about) the limits it imposed on westward

expansion

d. Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

5. Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the Revolutionary


War?

a. The British victory extended fighting for another year

b. The American defeat led many soldiers to desert the Continental Army

c. The British Defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British

military superiority

d. The American victory convinced France to all with the United States

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created


equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights
- The Declaration of Independence

6. This excerpt refers to rights that people

a. Earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government

b. Receive by becoming citizens of a country

c. Have as a result of being human

d. Are granted after enlistment into the military


The Boston Paul Revere

?
Massacre takes creates a biased
place. Five (5) cartoon showing
Americans are British troops
killed by British slaughtering
troops. Americans.

7. Which of these answers completes the graphic organizer

a. Parliament agrees to repeal the Stamp, Sugar, & Tea Acts

b. Support for independence grows in the colonies

c. Parliament passed the Navigation Acts

d. King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

8. A brewer, Patriot, and founder of the Sons of Liberty. To whom does this
statement refer?

a. Marquis de Lafayette

b. John Adams

c. Paul Revere

d. Samuel Adams
Parliament passes
the Tea Act of 1773

Colonists dump tea


into Boston Harbor

_______________

9. Which of these completes the graphic organizer?

a. Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts

b. King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief

c. Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

d. King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

Here in the autumn of 1777, America forces met, defeated, and forced a major British army to surrender. This
crucial American victory in the Battle of __________ renewed patriots hopes for independence, secured
essential foreign recognition and support, and forever changed the face of the world.

- A Crucial American Victory, U.S. National Park Service


www.nps.gov (accessed May 17, 2012)

10. Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

a. Saratoga

b. Concord

c. Trenton

d. Yorktown

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