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*Unit 1 Quiz: The American Revolution*

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Questions 1-6 refer to key vocabulary and ideas from class discussions and homework assignments.
Questions 1-6 refer to key vocabulary and ideas from class discussions and homework assignments.
Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 4
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Question 5
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Question 6
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SAT PRACTICE: Questions 7-10 refer to the following excerpt.
Question 7
7.

Question 8
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Question 9
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Question 10
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When it was first created, the purpose of the Bill of Rights was to
help the colonists win the Revolutionary War against the British.
prevent the colonists from needing to go to war again.
protect the liberties of individuals from the government.
The first amendment protects all of the following EXCEPT
Freedom to own a gun.
Freedom of the press/the media.
Freedom of speech.
Question 3
3.

The most significant reason the colonists were outraged by the tax on tea was because
the tax only impacted colonists in the Northern colonies and not the Southern colonies.
the colonists had no representation in the decision-making process over how they would be taxed.
the tax forced colonists to decide if they were going to be loyal to the British crown or not.
When determining which side to fight on for the Revolutionary War, the strongest motive for Black people who were enslaved was

compensation for their effort in the war.
freedom from servitude/ being enslaved.
length of service/time in the military.
In Abigail Adams’s letter to her husband John Adams (2nd President of the U.S.) she encourages him to “remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.” In other words, Adams wants
her husband to recognize women in his work to establish the new United States government.
the U.S. government to include more economic generosity towards women.
her children have more opportunities to exercise their right to bear arms and serve in the military.
The word “entertain” in line 3 most nearly means
have
delight
captivate
In the excerpt, Hamilton suggests that in order to encourage African Americans to fight in the Revolutionary War, they should be promised
effective leadership from officers.
emancipation (freedom) from slavery.
equal wages with white soldiers.
It can be reasonably inferred that Hamilton’s call for African American soldiers was driven by the fact that
the Declaration of Independence called for equal rights.
General Washington entrusted that blacks would make good soldiers.
the British were recruiting African Americans.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Line 1, “I have...proper management”
Line 2, “I foresee...and self-interest.”
Line 5-6, “But it..probably will.”
Paul Revere’s Boston Massacre engraving (picture) increased anti-British sentiment (feeling of going against the British) because it
made colonists believe that they were being unjustly and violently attacked by the British.
turned many colonists who were once Patriots into Loyalists.
portrayed the Boston Massacre as a fair and even fight, which the colonists won.