Study for the Grade 8 STAAR Test!
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What caused the American Revolutionary War? | Acts passed by Great Britain (For Example: Intolerable Acts, Townshend Act, Quartering Act)
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| Who were the two main sides fighting in the Revolutionary War? | The 13 original colonies and Great Britain (England specifically)
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| Who was the first person to die for colonist freedom? (Hint: African American Slave killed during Boston Massacre) | Crispus Attucks
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| Who lead the colonies in war? | General George Washington
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| Who was the king of England at the time? | King George III
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson 1776
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| What ended the Revolutionary War? | General Cornwallis was forced to surrender in the Battle of Yorktown in 1783
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| Who was King George III? | The king of England at the time of the Revolutionary War who took over as king in his early 20's after his father's death
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| What was the turning point in the Revolutionary War? | The Battle of Saratoga
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| What were the significant results of the Revolutionary War? | 1) The colonies won independence
2) The first sniper rifle was invented
3) Gorilla Warfare was invented.
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| What year did the Revolutionary War begin? | April of 1775
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| Who served as the first president of the United States of America? | George Washington
(Two-Terms)
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| What was the first document the United States was ruled by?(Very Weak) | Articles of Confederation
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| What did George Washington do as he died in Virginia? | Freed all of his slaves
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| What was the meeting to fix the Articles of Confederation but completely rewrote it? | Constitutional Convention of 1786
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| What do the 50 stars and 13 stripes represent on our flag today? | 1) 50 States in the United States
2) 13 Original Colonies
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| How did Great Britain gain the colonies land? | The French and Indian War
1754 – 1763
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| Who was James Madison? | Father (writer) of the constitution
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| What was the Quartering Act? | The rule enforced by Great Britain to force the colonists to quarter British troops.
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| Why were the Articles of Confederation weak? | Colonists were scared to be run by another dictator such as King George III
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| Who was Wentworth Cheswell? | The rider who made the same ride as Paul Revere but in more importance for he traveled faster and further
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| Who was Thomas Paine? | Author/Writer of the book Common Since
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| What was the Common Since book? | We book written by Thomas Paine to make supporting colony freedom common since of people
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| Who was Benjamin Franklin | Inventor, News Paper printer, creator of the bifocals, and one of the founding fathers of the United States
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