Unit 5: America Gains Its Freedom

What is a tax?

• Money given by the government as a gift

• A payment from a citizen to the government.

• A symbol of the United States.

 

1.   What caused the Boston Tea Party?

• The American colonists were upset about the tax on tea.

• The American colonists were excited to celebrate the King.

• The American colonists were happy they won the war.

What is the main idea of the Declaration of Independence?

• America should not have a government

• American colonists should be allowed to vote in Great Britain

• America should be its own country

What happened during the Boston Tea Party?

• The British attacked the colonists.

• The colonists dumped the tea coming from Great Britain into the Boston Harbor.

• The British and Colonists sat and had tea together.

What happened after the Patriots (colonists) won the Revolutionary War?

• The colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence

• The colonists had to pay taxes to Great Britain

• The colonists were free from British rule

Which picture shows how the colonists knew that “the British were coming?”

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Who was the leader of the American army and later became the first President of the United States?

• King George III

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Why is the 4^th of July a holiday in the United States?

• It is when the Declaration of Independence was written.

• To celebrate the tax on tea.

• To honor King George III

Label A using the word bank below:

• Great Britain

• United States of America

• Atlantic Ocean

Label B using the word bank below:

• Great Britain

• United States of America

• Atlantic Ocean