United States History Quiz         Name: ____________________________________  Score:
Teacher : Mr. Cap   Chapter 5            Pre-Revolutionary War America

1.  Over 150 years of "____________________________" the colonies developed more ___________ than English

2.  Define Laissez-Faire _______________________________________________________________________

3.  Define mercantile theory   ___________________________________________________________________

4.  How did the mercantile system work? __________________________________________________________

5.  What was the Stamp Act?  __________________________________________________________________

6.  In  the case of the Parson's cause, what did Patrick Henry insist?  _____________________________________

7.  How did the court rule? ______________________________ 8. What did the jury award? ________________

Define the following Intolerable Acts   8. Boston Port Bill _____________________________________________

9.  Quartering Act ________________________________ 9. Quebec Act _______________________________

10. 1st Continental Congress  1774 met in ______________________. Define minutemen ____________________

11. Who said :   "Give me liberty, or give me death" ________________________________________

12.  Why was the Battle of  Lexington and Concord important? _________________________________________

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13.  What was the name of the church ______________________and the famous signal?" ____________________

14.  Ethan Allen  and the _____________________________ captured __________________________________

15.  The Battle of __________________________  won by the British at a loss of over ________ men to ____ patriots.

16.  Describe the story of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. _____________________________________________

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What would the newspaper headline read when describing the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea 
                        Party in England and in Boston?

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