Civics EOC Practice Test
Questions and Correct Answers
What did many American colonists use Thomas Paine's Common Sense to justify?
A. Acts of sabotage against British merchants
B. Declaring independence from Britain
C. Joining the army instead of the militia
D. Supporting the British monarchy
B
The diagram describes a cause that led to the writing of the Declaration of
Independence.
British increase taxes on tea
⬇
Boston tea party
⬇
?
⬇
, Declaration of independence
Which action completes the diagram?
A. Americans expel quartered troops.
B. Americans form the Sons of Liberty.
C. British pass the Intolerable Acts.
D. British pass the Townshend Acts.
C
The Declaration of Independence included these complaints:
• Taxation without representation
• Limiting judicial powers
• Dissolving local lawmaking bodies
Which two complaints should be added to this list?
A. Keeping colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains; closing
Chesapeake Bay
B. Suspending trial by jury in many cases; housing soldiers on the property of
colonists
C. Ordering colonists to move from Native American land; refusal to buy American
goods
D. Allowing the wealthy to avoid local laws; trading with hostile Native American
tribes
B
Questions and Correct Answers
What did many American colonists use Thomas Paine's Common Sense to justify?
A. Acts of sabotage against British merchants
B. Declaring independence from Britain
C. Joining the army instead of the militia
D. Supporting the British monarchy
B
The diagram describes a cause that led to the writing of the Declaration of
Independence.
British increase taxes on tea
⬇
Boston tea party
⬇
?
⬇
, Declaration of independence
Which action completes the diagram?
A. Americans expel quartered troops.
B. Americans form the Sons of Liberty.
C. British pass the Intolerable Acts.
D. British pass the Townshend Acts.
C
The Declaration of Independence included these complaints:
• Taxation without representation
• Limiting judicial powers
• Dissolving local lawmaking bodies
Which two complaints should be added to this list?
A. Keeping colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains; closing
Chesapeake Bay
B. Suspending trial by jury in many cases; housing soldiers on the property of
colonists
C. Ordering colonists to move from Native American land; refusal to buy American
goods
D. Allowing the wealthy to avoid local laws; trading with hostile Native American
tribes
B
