American Revolution (Grade 4 students only) 5/17

What is it when people fight to replace one government with a different government?

• revolution

• intolerable act

• declaration of independence

• continental congress

Which country once ruled the 13 original colonies, including South Carolina?

• France

• England

• Spain

• Scotland

SC showed they were unhappy with the ____________________ by letting it sit in a warehouse, unsold, for 8 years.

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

How did colonists respond to the Stamp Act and extra tax on books, newspapers, and playing cards?

• They left the items to rot in a warehouse for 8 years

• They bought more of these items

• They bought ink for the stamps

• They refused to buy these items

What happened when England closed the port of Boston and made colonists house the British soldiers?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Boston Tea Party

What meeting was called so that all the colonies could send King George a letter with their concerns?

• Battle of Kings Mountain

• First Continental Congress

• Battle of Fort Moultrie

• Second Continental Congress

What did SC do FIRST, before any other colony?

• create sugar and cotton plantations

• establish slavery

• setup a State Constitution

• write the Declaration of Independence

What document stated that the colonies wanted freedom from England?

• State Constituion

• Declaration Of Independence

• Intolerable Acts

• Freedom of Religion

Who were the colonists who supported England and the King?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• African Americans

• Native Americans

Who were the colonists who wanted freedom from British control?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• African Americans

• Native Americans