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Chapter 4 Test

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Which act imposed duties on packages of playing cards and dice?   Stamp  
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Which act included duties on imported materials, like glass, lead, and paper from Britain?   Townshend  
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Which act authorized British commanders to house soldiers in homes and other buildings?   Quartering  
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Which act was passed by King George III in response to the Boston Tea Party?   Intolerable  
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Tomas Gage placed Boston under __________, which is rule imposed by military force.   Martial Law  
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The secret resistance group of Boston shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers was called ______.   Sons of Liberty  
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Who organized a network of riders to spread the alarm that the British were coming to Concord?   Paul Revere  
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The Battle of Lexington only lasted fifteen minutes.   True  
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The Continental Army was defeated and humiliated in the Battle of Concord.   False  
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Breeds Hill.   True  
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, asked colonists to proclaim ____________.   Independence from Britain  
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Thomas Jefferson’s drafting of the Declaration of Independence was strongly influenced by which philosopher   John Locke  
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Those who opposed independence and wanted harmony with Britain and her colonies were called _______.   Loyalists  
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Those who supported independence were called __________.   Patriots  
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Which group of colonists supported the patriot cause but did not fight because of beliefs about war?   Quakers  
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The soldiers called Hessians, who fought alongside the British, were from ___?   Germany  
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Which battle proved to be significant for Washington and was fought on Christmas night in 1776?   Trenton  
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Which British general seized the capital of Philadelphia in 1777?   Howe  
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How did the British change their war strategy after the Battle of Saratoga?   Kept troops along coast and moved south  
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Some government officials engaged in ________, which is the selling of scarce items at a high price. These items were often defective.   Profiteering  
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21. Which famous female colonist was the heroine when she took over a cannon her wounded husband had been manning? She was also named a noncommissioned officer.   Molly Pitcher  
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Prussian captain who helped transform the Continental Army with his field maneuvers and firing weapons.   Friedrich Von Steuben  
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What was the greatest British victory under General Cornwallis of the Revolutionary War?   Charles Town  
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Which Continental generals worked together to defeat the British forces in Cowpens, South Carolina?   Morgan and Greene  
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Who contributed to the American victory in Yorktown?   French troops  
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A belief in the equality of all people is called ________.   Egalitarianism  
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George Washington freed his slaves after the Revolutionary War.   True  
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The Treaty of Paris confirmed the U.S. independence and   Set the boundaries for the new nation  
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The four nations present at the Treaty of Paris were   United States, Great Britain, France, and Spain  
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General Howe was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown   False  
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