Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What law prohibited people from settling west of the Appalachian
Mountains?
A. | Declaratory Act | B. | Intolerable Acts | C. | Proclamation of
1763 | D. | Stamp Act |
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Which statement best explains why the British government required the
colonists to pay more taxes after the French and Indian War?
A. | They needed more money to pay for the war. | B. | They needed more
money to establish businesses in the colonies. | C. | They needed more money to acquire more land in
North America. | D. | They needed more money to build a larger militia to protect the colonists from the
Indians. |
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STEPS TOWARD REVOLUTION | | | Legislation | Date | Provision | | Proclamation of 1763 | 1763 | Set boundaries for
western settlement | | Sugar Act | 1764 | Lowered tax on sugar, molasses, and other products, but tightened
customs enforcement | | Stamp Act | 1765 | Taxed certain types of documents | | Declaratory Act | 1766 | Stated that
Great Britain had the right to tax the colonies | | Townshend Acts | 1767 | Taxed glass, lead,
paint, paper, and tea | | Tea Act | 1773 | Gave East India Tea Company the sole control of tea
trade | | “Intolerable”
Acts | 1774 | Closed port of Boston | | | |
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According to the chart, which British law directly punished the smallest group
of people?
A. | Declaratory Act | B. | Intolerable Acts | C. | Proclamation of
1763 | D. | Townshend Acts |
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Which law identified on the chart angered the frontiersmen?
A. | Declaratory Act | B. | Intolerable Acts | C. | Proclamation of
1763 | D. | Townshend Acts |
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Of the laws listed on the chart, which one created a monopoly?
A. | Stamp Act | B. | Sugar Act | C. | Tea
Act | D. | Townshend Acts |
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Which British law especially hurt the Transylvania Company?
A. | Intolerable Acts | B. | Proclamation of 1763 | C. | Sugar
Act | D. | Tea Act |
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Which action did not result from the passage of the Mecklenburg
Resolves?
A. | British laws were declared null and void. | B. | New local government
leaders were elected. | C. | Mecklenburg declared its independence from
Great Britain. | D. | North Carolina’s royal governor was replaced with a patriot
leader. |
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What North Carolina law authorized its delegates in Philadelphia to join other
colonies in seeking independence from Great Britain?
A. | Albany Plan | B. | Declaration of Independence | C. | Halifax
Resolves | D. | Mecklenburg Resolves |
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Which man did not sign the Declaration of Independence?
A. | John Harvey | B. | Joseph Hewes | C. | William
Hooper | D. | John Penn |
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Where did the delegates meet to write North Carolina’s first state
constitution?
A. | Charlotte | B. | Halifax | C. | Hillsborough | D. | Mecklenburg |
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Who was chosen as North Carolina’s first state governor?
A. | Richard Caswell | B. | Nathanael Greene | C. | John
Harvey | D. | Josiah Martin |
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Which statement describes the purpose of the Confiscation Act?
A. | Tories had to take a loyalty oath or lose their land. | B. | If Patriots did not
return to their land after the war, the state could take it over. | C. | North
Carolina’s government had the right to take the land of Indians who supported the Tories during
the war. | D. | Farmers were required to donate one-half of their crop to feed the families of
patriots who were returning from the war. |
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Which statement describes the result of the fighting at Camden?
A. | North Carolinians fought bravely to the death. | B. | The Carolinas were
freed from British control. | C. | North Carolina was open to invasion by the
British. | D. | The fighting at Camden took place in South Carolina. |
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Which group had to pay triple taxes because they chose to stay out of the
American Revolution?
A. | Germans | B. | Highland Scots | C. | Moravians | D. | Native
Americans |
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Which statement best explains the importance of the Battle of
Moore’s Creek Bridge?
A. | It was the first defeat for the British forces. | B. | It was the first
time the Highland Scots fought in the war. | C. | It stopped the British invasion of North and
South Carolina. | D. | After the battle, General Cornwallis took over command of the British
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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The first fighting of the American Revolution took place at ___________________
and ___________________.
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North Carolina’s ____________________ County went further than any other
county in protesting the British attacks.
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3.
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Robert Howe and _________________________ commanded the two North Carolina
regiments that the Provincial Congress raised during the American Revolution.
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After the battle at Camden, ______________________________ split his army in
two, sending Patrick Ferguson to Kings Mountain.
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______________________________ was the name given to the colonists who fought
against the British at Kings Mountain.
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