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ICSE Class 8 American Revolution — practice questions

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How many British colonies declared independence in 1776?Read the answer and worked solution →Which British monarch opposed American independence?Read the answer and worked solution →British mercantilism expected its American colonies to supply:Read the answer and worked solution →The Navigation Acts restricted colonial trade with:Read the answer and worked solution →The Proclamation of 1763 angered settlers by restricting:Read the answer and worked solution →The Stamp Act required tax stamps on which items?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the colonists' main objection to parliamentary taxation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group organised resistance to the Stamp Act?Read the answer and worked solution →The Townshend Acts placed duties on goods such as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which duty survived the repeal of most Townshend taxes?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Boston Massacre of 1770, who fired into a crowd?Read the answer and worked solution →What did a colonial boycott of British goods involve?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose tea was destroyed at the Boston Tea Party?Read the answer and worked solution →What happened at the Boston Tea Party in 1773?Read the answer and worked solution →What prompted Britain's Intolerable Acts?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city hosted the colonial delegates' congress in 1774?Read the answer and worked solution →Which battles began the American Revolutionary War in 1775?Read the answer and worked solution →Who commanded the Continental Army?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body created the Continental Army in 1775?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the pro-independence pamphlet Common Sense?Read the answer and worked solution →Who were the Loyalists during the American Revolution?Read the answer and worked solution →When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?Read the answer and worked solution →Who did most of the writing for the Declaration of Independence?Read the answer and worked solution →What political change did the Declaration announce?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Declaration, just government rests on the consent of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Declaration says people may replace a government that:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose ideas on natural rights influenced the American Revolution?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country formed a military alliance with the Americans in 1778?Read the answer and worked solution →The name 'Patriots' described colonists who supported:Read the answer and worked solution →In a royal American colony, who appointed the governor?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How many British colonies declared independence in 1776?

  1. Fifteen colonies
  2. Thirteen colonies
  3. Seventeen colonies
  4. Eleven colonies
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Correct answer: B. Thirteen colonies

Thirteen British colonies joined in declaring their independence.

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Which British monarch opposed American independence?

  1. Charles II
  2. George III
  3. William III
  4. James II
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Correct answer: B. George III

George III was the British monarch challenged by the American revolutionaries.

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British mercantilism expected its American colonies to supply:

  1. Raw materials
  2. Factory machinery
  3. Finished textiles
  4. Industrial tools
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Correct answer: A. Raw materials

Mercantilist policy treated the colonies as suppliers of raw materials for Britain.

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