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Praxis II: Social Studies (5004)
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
House of Burgess Correct Answer: 1st legislative assembly in American colonies
Magna Carta Correct Answer: 1215; charter of political rights to rebellious
English barons from King John
Mayflower Compact Correct Answer: 1st written framework of government for
United States created by English colonist aboard the Mayflower Ship
Great Awakening Correct Answer: 1725-1770; religious revivals of Protestants in
colonies
Proclamation of 1763 Correct Answer: King George III; prohibited settlers from
crossing West over the Appalachian Mountains; attempt to stop conflicts
between settlers and Native Americans
Taxation Acts of 1764-1774 Correct Answer: 1) Sugar Act: increased duties on
non-British goods;
2) Currency Act: American colonies were prohibited from issuing their own
currency;
3) Quartering Act: required colonies to provide shelter and supplies to British
troops;
4) Stamp Act: direct tax on paper products for the colonies to raise money for
Britain;
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5) Townshend Acts: taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea;
6) Tea Act: reduced tax on imported British tea for unfair selling advantage in
America;
7) Coercive Acts: punished Massachusetts after Boston Tea Party with restrictions
13 colonies Correct Answer: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Caroline and Virginia
Reasons for American Revolution Correct Answer: 1) British control was
overbearing and made American colonies feel inferior
2) Anglican Church potentially expanded their power over colonies limiting
religious freedom
3) Taxation
4) Colonies had no official representation in English Parliament
5) British attempts to block Westward expansion
Events Leading up to American Revolution Correct Answer: 1) Sons of Liberty:
Samuel Adams led protest group
2) Boston Massacre: 1770; soldiers fired on a crowd
3) Committees of Correspondence: set up through colonies to spread
revolutionary ideas
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4) The Boston Tea Party: 1773; Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
from a British ship to protest tax
5) First Continental Congress: 1774; colonies list grievances and develop a plan
to boycott
6) The Shot Heard Round the World: 1775; fight ensued between English soldiers
and colonial militia (Minutemen)
Turning Points of American Revolution Correct Answer: 1) Actions of Second
Continental Congress: established Continental Army led by George Washington
2) "Common Sense": written by Thomas Paine in 1776; called for independence
3) Alliance with France: 1778; Benjamin Franklin negotiated an agreement with
France to fight with the Americans
4) Treaty of Paris: 1782; signaled the end of the war; granted colonies
independence and gave them territorial rights
Declaration of Independence Correct Answer: July 4th, 1776; the document
that proclaimed independence of the colonies from Great Britain by the 2nd
Continental Congress; written by Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation Correct Answer: 1777; the nation's first constitution
designed to protect the states' rights over the national government
US Constitution Correct Answer: 1789; created the 3 branches with checks and
balances and a bicameral legislature for equal representation; Federalists v.
Anti-Federalists
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Praxis II: Social Studies (5004)
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
House of Burgess Correct Answer: 1st legislative assembly in American colonies
Magna Carta Correct Answer: 1215; charter of political rights to rebellious
English barons from King John
Mayflower Compact Correct Answer: 1st written framework of government for
United States created by English colonist aboard the Mayflower Ship
Great Awakening Correct Answer: 1725-1770; religious revivals of Protestants in
colonies
Proclamation of 1763 Correct Answer: King George III; prohibited settlers from
crossing West over the Appalachian Mountains; attempt to stop conflicts
between settlers and Native Americans
Taxation Acts of 1764-1774 Correct Answer: 1) Sugar Act: increased duties on
non-British goods;
2) Currency Act: American colonies were prohibited from issuing their own
currency;
3) Quartering Act: required colonies to provide shelter and supplies to British
troops;
4) Stamp Act: direct tax on paper products for the colonies to raise money for
Britain;
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5) Townshend Acts: taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea;
6) Tea Act: reduced tax on imported British tea for unfair selling advantage in
America;
7) Coercive Acts: punished Massachusetts after Boston Tea Party with restrictions
13 colonies Correct Answer: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Caroline and Virginia
Reasons for American Revolution Correct Answer: 1) British control was
overbearing and made American colonies feel inferior
2) Anglican Church potentially expanded their power over colonies limiting
religious freedom
3) Taxation
4) Colonies had no official representation in English Parliament
5) British attempts to block Westward expansion
Events Leading up to American Revolution Correct Answer: 1) Sons of Liberty:
Samuel Adams led protest group
2) Boston Massacre: 1770; soldiers fired on a crowd
3) Committees of Correspondence: set up through colonies to spread
revolutionary ideas
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4) The Boston Tea Party: 1773; Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
from a British ship to protest tax
5) First Continental Congress: 1774; colonies list grievances and develop a plan
to boycott
6) The Shot Heard Round the World: 1775; fight ensued between English soldiers
and colonial militia (Minutemen)
Turning Points of American Revolution Correct Answer: 1) Actions of Second
Continental Congress: established Continental Army led by George Washington
2) "Common Sense": written by Thomas Paine in 1776; called for independence
3) Alliance with France: 1778; Benjamin Franklin negotiated an agreement with
France to fight with the Americans
4) Treaty of Paris: 1782; signaled the end of the war; granted colonies
independence and gave them territorial rights
Declaration of Independence Correct Answer: July 4th, 1776; the document
that proclaimed independence of the colonies from Great Britain by the 2nd
Continental Congress; written by Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation Correct Answer: 1777; the nation's first constitution
designed to protect the states' rights over the national government
US Constitution Correct Answer: 1789; created the 3 branches with checks and
balances and a bicameral legislature for equal representation; Federalists v.
Anti-Federalists
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