Social Studies Chapter 4 Review

Which word means the same as proclamation?

• announcement

• government

• colony

• measurement

A war to overthrow a government is a

• colony

• Congress

• revolution

• territory

The colonists explained they wanted to be free from Britain in the

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Treaty of Paris

True or False?

The colonists boycotted British goods to show they were unhappy with the taxes.

• True

• False

True or False?

The Loyalists wanted freedom from the British.

• True

• False

The colonists who stayed on Ohio land after the proclamation that stated they must return to the colonies were called ____.

• militia

• Patriots

• squatters

• Indians

A group of volunteers who fight only in an emergency are called ____.

• militia

• Patriots

• squatters

• Indians

The colonists who believed it was necessary to fight for freedom from Britain were known as ____.

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Indians

• British Soldiers

______ wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

The ______ taxed the colonists on anything made of paper, including newspapers, journals, and playing cards.

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act