Name: ______Class: 7A 7B 7C

7TH Grade: Unit 7 Exam

Fill-in-the-Blank Directions: Use the words from the word bank to complete each of the following sentences. Words will only be used one time and some words will not be used. (3 points each)

  1. On May 10, 1775, ______was chosen to be the commander in chief of the Continental Army.
  2. ______were paid members of the militia who were provided with ammunition, weapons, and uniforms; they were always ready to fight.
  3. The ______was a direct response to the Tea Act of 1773 which had given the East India Trading Company a monopoly on tea importations into the colonies.
  4. At the start of the American Revolution a shot was fired at the Battle of ______which sparked the first battle of the war.
  5. ______persuaded the British Parliament to suspend the New York assembly until the colonists paid for the Quartering Act of 1765.
  6. During the Boston Tea Party the Sons of Liberty were led by ______as they dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
  7. The ______proposed the establishment of a federal union for the colonies, to be headed by a president (appointed by the king), and advised by a grand council, whose representatives would be chosen by the colonial assemblies.
  8. The ______required homeowners and innkeepers to board soldiers at a fraction of the real costs of boarding them; this financially ruined some colonists and businesses.
  9. During the ______Tea Party there were more than 700 chests of tea thrown overboard; this tea party is not as well-known due to the lack of “high profile” names like Paul Revere or Sam Adams.
  10. The Sons of Liberty were based in ______a city which suffered greatly under the British crown.
  11. A ______was an “unelected but nevertheless representative body” of those with grievances against the British Empire.
  12. Under the ______the colonists became very fearful that “re-catholicization” could destabilize the socio-religious atmosphere of the colonies.
  13. ______was the commander of the British garrison in Boston at the beginning of the American Revolution.
  14. The ______declared loyalty to the king while scorning the “hand which would ransack our pockets”.
  15. ______defended the British soldiers during the court case following the Boston Massacre.
  16. After reading the Suffolk Resolves ______warned that the colonists were ready for war.

Short-Answer Directions: Answer each of the following prompt with as much information as possible. Your response MUST be in complete sentences in order to receive credit. For full credit include at least 3 supporting facts in your answer. (15 points each)

  1. George Washington was considered the “Indispensable Man” of the Revolutionary Era. What qualities, particularly in relation to the military, made him indispensable? ______