Chapter 5 Pre-Test

1.

1 point

What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged
British control?

Coercive Acts

Sons of Liberty

Continental Congress

Suffolk Resolves

2.

1 point

How did Parliament react to the news of the Boston Tea Party?

Parliament passed the Coercive Acts.

Parliament tried to hold meetings in Boston.

Parliament decided to boycott tea.

Parliament sent food and clothing to Boston.

3.

1 point

The Proclamation of 1763 helped Britain control westward expansion.

True

False

4.

1 point

The Second Continental Congress chose Thomas Jefferson to command the
Continental Army.

True

False

5.

1 point

leader of the Green Mountain Boys

Thomas Paine

Ethan Allan

Samuel Adams

John Hancock

Crispus Attucks

6.

1 point

president of Second Continental Congress

Ethan Allan

Crispus Attucks

Samuel Adams

Thomas Paine

John Hancock

7.

1 point

wrote a pamphlet calling for a break with British rule

John Hancock

Crispus Attucks

Samuel Adams

Ethan Allan

Thomas Paine

8.

1 point

Where did many colonists believe fighting with the British would first break out?

Great Britain

Philadelphia

Virginia

New England

9.

1 point

Why were colonists angry after the Tea Act?

They wanted Parliament to remove some of the taxes on tea.

They wanted to make their own decisions about what tea to buy

They wanted the ships to deliver tea to Boston Harbor

They wanted to purchase East India Company tea.

10.

1 point

victim of Boston Massacre

Thomas Paine

Crispus Attucks

Samuel Adams

John Hancock

Ethan Allan

11.

1 point

organized the Sons of Liberty

Ethan Allan

Thomas Paine

Crispus Attucks

John Hancock

Samuel Adams

12.

1 point

The Stamp Act outraged colonists because they believed only Parliament could
tax them.

True

False

13.

1 point

What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?

They moved to the Atlantic Coast.

They argued for more taxes.

They went to court.

They resorted to smuggling

14.

1 point

Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing
the Declaration of Independence?

George Mason

John Locke

George Stout

John Adams

15.

1 point

Some colonists were Loyalists who sided with Britain; the other colonists were
Patriots who supported the right to independence.

True

False

16.

1 point

What was Thomas Paine’s opinion about the colonies and Great Britain?

The colonies should stop fighting the British.

The colonies should break from British rule

The colonies should continue to be taxed by Britain.

The colonies should remain under British rule.

17.

1 point

One of the Coercive Acts forced the colonies to allow British soldiers to live
among the colonists.

True

False