This page shows a list of test questions in the 8th Grade Social Studies public release collection at MSDE. 8th Grade Social Studies
Standard "5.0 History," Indicator "AR.3 …"
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I doubt whether it is possible . . . [that] a colony 3000 miles distant from the parent state shall enjoy all the liberty of the parent state . . . I wish the good of the colony when I wish to see some further restraint [control] of liberty rather than the [connection] with the parent state should be broken; for I am sure such a breach [break] must prove the ruin of the colony.
—Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson, 1769
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Select two leadership qualities demonstrated by George Washington during the American Revolution in addition to obeying instructions from Congress.
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In short, the Campaign is opening, and we have no Men for the field— . . . the Officers imployed in the recruiting Service must expect to be answerable for the Consequences. If they have done their duty, and it proceeds from unwillingness in the Men to Inlist, the Government must have recourse to [the option to use] coercive [forceful] measures.
—General George Washington, 1777
What factor that influenced the American victory in the Revolutionary War is described in this excerpt?
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A Loyalist would most likely agree with which statement?
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Which action demonstrated one of George Washington’s strengths as a military leader during the American Revolution?