American Revolution 5th Grade

The main reason that Great Britain established the Proclamation Line

• avoid conflicts with the French settlers and the Native Americans
• make profits by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

The main purpose of government is to

• provide strong military leadership
• protect the rights of individuals
• protect a nation from foreign invasions

Which action of civil disobedience caused Great Britain to pass more laws to punish the colonist?

• Placing restrictions on Spain and France
• Firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington
• Colonists throwing British tea into Boston Harbor

Which of the following is an an “unalienable right”?

• the right to personal liberty
• the right to own your own house
• the right to vote in elections

A famous colonist act of civil disobedience

• paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors
• colonists throwing British tea into Boston Harbor
• paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors

“Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are ________________. 

• Legal rights
• States rights
• Unalienable rights

He was selected by the Second Continental Congress to led the colonial troops!

• Thomas Jefferson
• Nathan Hale
• George Washington

He wrote Declaration of Independence.

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

An American spy during the American Revolution.

• Nathan Hale
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams

Leader of the Boston Son’s of Liberty.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Samuel Adams
• Nathan Hale