Social Studies Grade 5 Unit 4: Unrest and Rebellion: Fighting for Independence 2023-2024

Americans celebrate the Fourth of July to remember the

• creating of the U.S. Constitution

• ending of the American Civil War

• beginning of the American Revolution

• signing of the Declaration of Independence

Despite significant inaccuracies, which 1860 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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"

After the war, the new nation needed a set of guidelines for how it would work. The first written set of these guidelines was known as the —

• Stamp Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

The Founding Fathers created a government based on the idea that -

• power is best in the hands of a few

• people are born with natural rights

• leaders should show loyalty to the king

• citizens have a duty to serve in the military

Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Revolutionary War. What was one result of the Treaty of Paris?

• Great Britain surrendered to the United States.

• Great Britain transferred naval ships to the Unites States.

• The United States gained independence from Great Britain.

• The United States granted Great Britain land for military bases.

What song was made popular by British soldiers trying to mock the American colonists?

• "Yankee Doodle"

• "God Save the King"

• "Paul Revere's Ride"

• "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

What name was given to the activist group of men who acted out in response to the Stamp Act?

• Patriots

• Boston Party

• Sons of Liberty

• Founding Fathers

No taxation without representation became a popular motto in the British colonies in North America because it was

• printed on pamphlets by the Sons of Liberty

• recorded in the Declaration of Independence

• a reminder to colonists that Britain restricted free speech

• a reflection of colonists' feelings about Parliament not respecting them

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 Ocean coastline

• protecting the colonies during the French and Indian War

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 dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

• They declared war on the French and American Indians.