Quiz D Our American Heritage.

Match the following

• man who warned colonists that the British were planning an attack.

• Benjamin Franklin

• man who became the first Postmaster General

• War for Independence

• war in which the American colonists fought for their freedom from England.

• Treaty of Paris

• written agreement that ended the war for Independence

• Constitution

• written plan of government for the United States that is still followed today.

• Paul Revere

True or False. Benjamin Franklin helped plan the first fire department in America

• True

• False

True or False. The event in which colonists threw tea into the harbor to protest high taxes was the Boston Tea Party

• True

• False

True or False. Colonists who would be ready to fight at a minute's notice were known as regulars.

• True

• False

True or False. Poor Richard's Almanack was written by Paul Revere.

• True

• False

True or False. The Founding Fathers helped form the Constitution of the United States.

• True

• False

List one thing Benjamin Franklin did to help the people of Philadelphia. Tell me what the thing was and how it helped the people. Must be at least 2 sentences to get full credit.