5th Grade Studies Weekly-Week 12

What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?

• 1765

• 1776

• 1763

• 1754

Who created the “Join or Die” cartoon and published it in The Pennsylvania Gazette?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

The Treaty of Easton was an agreement between __________ and __________.

(a)  

Why did Benjamin Franklin decide to let his family run the printing business?

(a)  

In 1763, King George III decreed that __________.

• colonists could move into the Ohio Country as long as they arrived by 1763

• the Ohio Company could only sell land to British colonists

• all land west of the Appalachian Mountains was reserved for American Indians

• war between the colonists and the American Indians was forbidden

Why did the British need to borrow money?

(a)  

According to the Treaty of Paris of 1763, who would control the Mississippi River?

• the French

• the Iroquois Confederacy

• the British

• the Spanish

Who was defeated in Pontiac’s Rebellion?

(a)  

What group or nation maintained control of the port at New Orleans?

• the American Indians

• the French

• the British

• the colonists