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Chapter 5 Quiz Road to Revolution

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 4hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of Propaganda 
a)
Refuse to buy items from a particular country
b)
Information designed to influence opinion
c)
Lowered tax on molasses imported by the Colonists
d)
Colonists threw 342 chests of tea overboard in the Boston Harbor
2.
What is boycott?
a)
Refuse to buy items from a particular country
b)
Catching a boy in a hammock 
c)
Information designed to influence opinon
d)
Sons of Liberty
3.
What is a Loyalist?
a)
A colonists that was loyal to the British crown
b)
A citizen soldier
c)
Colonist who was willing to fight against Britain
4.

What is a militiaman? (AKA minuteman)

a)

Citizen soldiers (volunteers) that fought for the Patriot cause

b)

A rag figure that represented unpopular British leaders

c)

A flavor of milkshake

d)

a form of Effigy

5.
What is a Patriot?
a)
Colonist who was willing to fight against Britain.
b)
A member of a baseball team. 
c)
A colonist who stayed loyal to Britain
d)
A person who lived in the colonies. 
6.

Which of the following people was one of the men that rode at midnight to warn the people at Lexington and Concord that the British were coming?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Paul Revere

7.
The Boston Massacre took place because of rising tension between which of these two groups of people?
a)
Boston citizens and British soldiers
b)
Loyalists and Patriots
c)
Native Americans and Colonists
d)
army and militia
8.

This group of women boycotted goods bought from Britain as a result of the Townshend Acts

a)

Freedom Riders

b)

All Americans

c)

Daughters of Liberty

d)

Sugar Men

9.

King George was the King of what nation or country?

a)

France

b)

USA

c)

Mexico

d)

Great Britain

10.

The "shot heard around the world" was shot during which battle?

a)

Brandywine

b)

White Plains

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

Yorktown

11.

Why was it called the "shot heard around the world"

a)

Because it started the Revolutionary War

b)

Because people in China heard it

c)

Because Paul Revere shot it

d)

Because it killed George Washington

12.

This battle was when the British charged the hill three times and suffered massive casualties. After this battle the redcoats realized this would be a hard war to fight.

a)

Concord

b)

Lexington

c)

Kings Mountain

d)

Bunker hill

13.

How many people were killed during the Boston Massacre? (The night of and later from complications).

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

100

14.

True or False: one of the earliest forms of propaganda used in the USA was Paul Revere's picture that showed the battle of Bunker hill.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

One reason the French and Indian War took place was because both the French and the British claimed what?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Missouri River Valley

c)

The Delaware River Valley

d)

The Ohio River Valley

16.

Ben Franklin was a successful ______________

a)

Solider and General in the War

b)

inventor, author, publisher, scientist and diplomat

c)

US President

d)

US Supreme Court Judge

17.
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
The Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
18.
"No taxation without representation" means?
a)
Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
b)
The representative can tax me
c)
Seize weapons right away
d)
None of the above
19.
______ were a group of men who boycotted British goods both peacefully and violently.
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Tax collectors
20.

________ was a lesser famous man for warning the colonists of Lexington and Concord the British were coming.

a)

William Dawes

b)

John Hancock

c)

Herbie Hancock

d)

Samuel Adams

21.

What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?

a)

The British were kicked out of North America

b)

The French were kicked out of North America

c)

Spain won the war and gained control of the West

d)

America won because we are undefeated in all world wars

22.

In the Declaration of Independence, rights people are born with are called:

a)

pursuit of happiness

b)

just powers

c)

natural rights

d)

self-evident

23.

A list of the colonists' complaints.

a)

Preamble

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Grievances

d)

Resolution of Independence

24.

In the Declaration of Independence the section the colonists declare their independence from Britain.

a)

Preamble

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Grievances

d)

Resolution of Independence

25.

An introduction explaining why the Declaration is being written.

a)

Preamble

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Grievances

d)

Resolution of Independence

26.

The natural rights included in the Declaration of Independence are...

a)

life.

b)

liberty.

c)

the pursuit of happiness.

d)

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

27.

Which of these best describes the outcome of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

a)

The British won, but suffered many losses.

b)

The militia won by a narrow margin.

c)

The British won decisively.

d)

The militia surrendered to the British.

28.

Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?

a)

To pay for the French and Indian War

b)

Because the King felt like it

c)

Because they wanted a revolution

d)

They owed a lot of money to China

29.

What document did Benjamin Franklin help to write?

a)

The New York Times

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Gettysburg Address

d)

The Monroe Doctrine

30.

True or False: During the Boston Massacre the colonists were throwing things at the British and daring them to fire their guns.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Did you type only your name with no symbols or crazy things? Like this: First Last

a)

YES, I am awesome and listen to instructions

b)

No... I will work on listening to instructions.