Eight Grade Quiz/Test

As discussed in class last week, tomorrow, October 29th will be the quiz/test.

The quiz/test covers the period from 1763 to 1783. You are allowed to use one side of one piece of paper with notes on your test.

Here are the topics you need to know:

• the Proclamation of 1763 (what did it say? why was it issued? what was the colonial response?)
• what products did Great Britain tax? how did the colonists respond to the taxes? why did they respond this way? how did the colonial response escalate?
• what happened in Boston in March of 1770?
• what was the Boston Tea Party? how did Great Britain react? how did the other colonies respond to Great Britain's reaction?
• what was the First Continental Congress? what decision did they make?
• where was the first battle of the Revolution? when? 
• what was the Second Continental Congress? what decisions did they make?
• who was Thomas Paine? why is Common Sense important?
• who is largely responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence?
• compare the fighting styles of the Americans and the British
• what is important about the Battle of Saratoga? when was it? 
• what is considered the last major battle? when was it? when did the war officially end? with what document?