5th Grade Unit 3 Review

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris

• Great Britain Surrendered to the US

• Great Britain gave ships to the US

• The US gained independence from Great Britain

• The US gave Great Britain land

What contributed to the expansion of the plantation system across the southern colonies?

• The absence of American Indian tribes and settlements

• The physical geography of flat land and rich soil

• The economic rivalry among colonial businesses

• The policies of English mercantilism

Thomas Jefferson contributed to the Patriots cause by writing the -

• Treat of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Article of Confederation

Many colonists were angered by the Proclamation of 1763 because it

• Encouraged raids by Native Americans

• Took too much land from Canada

• Limited their Freedom to move west

• Gave Florida to the French

Despite inaccuracies, which 1860 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfelow created a national legend about the beginning of the Revolutionary War?

• "Paul Revere's Ride"

• "Battle of Bunker Hill"

• "O Captain! My Captain!"

• "On Being Brought from Africa to America"

Americans celebrate the Fourth of July to remember the -

• Creating of the US Constitution

• Ending of the American Civil War

• Beginning of the American Revolution

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

What was a major reason for the colonization of the Americas by Europeans?

• A European leaders wanted to expand their economic and political power

• European leaders wanted a place t send their criminal populations

• European leaders wanted to learn more about American Indian cultural groups

• European leaders wanted to find new sources of labor for farming in Europe

1. Helped to write the Declaration of Independence

2. Worked to form an alliance with France

3. Established a library, fire department and police department in his community

Which Founding Father is described by the information above?

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

What is one way the colonists responded to the British government imposing taxes in the colonies?

• They passed the Intolerable Acts

• They signed the Mayflower Compact

• They boycotted British goods

• They declared war on the French and American Indians

The Stamp Act and the Sugar Act were passed by the British Parliament to raise money for -

• Constructing a new royal place west of London

• Modernizing the harbor of Boston to permit larger ships

• Building new ships to patrol the Atlantic Ocian coastline

• Protecting the colonies during the French and Indian War