5th Grade Studies Weekly-Week 15

Who fired “the shot heard round the world”?

• the British

• the colonists

• George Washington

• No one knows for sure.

Who warned the people of Concord?

• Paul Revere

• William Dawes

• Dr. Samuel Prescott

• the British Army

What did the states use to establish their governments before they declared independence?

• the Constitution

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Declaration of Independence

• their state charters

What did the colonists feel was the purpose of government?

• to control the people

• to protect the rights of the people

• to collect taxes

• to grant rights to the people

Who fought the war with a pen by writing the pamphlet “Common Sense”?

• Thomas Paine

• Nathan Hale

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

The government’s lack of care, tight control, and unfair demands on the people is called __________.

• tyranny

• democracy

• enlightenment

• republicanism

Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

What role did Haym Salomon play in the Revolutionary War?

• He was a general in the Continental Army.

• He was a financial hero who helped finance the war.

• He was a British spy.

• He rode with Paul Revere to warn the people of Concord.

Why did the British Regulars march to Lexington and Concord?

• to search for and destroy weapons and munitions

• to arrest all the Patriots

• to burn the towns as a warning

• to practice for a big battle

Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson