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Worksheets5th Grade Soc Stuides US History
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Sons of Liberty were far more radical than the Stamp Act Congress. In this context, what does "radical" mean?
Popular
Secretive
Extreme
Subdued
How could the British government have prevented the American Revolution?
By forcing King George III to give up the throne
By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament
By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures
By increasing taxes on the colonists
If you were a colonist, why would you have been upset about the Quartering Act?
It would've forced you to pay taxes on tea, paper, and other British goods
It would've made all of your Colonial money worthless
It would've prevented you from being represented in Parliament
It might have forced you to let British soldiers live in your house
How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
They pulled all British troops out of Massachusetts
They passed the Townshend Acts
They blockaded Boston Harbor
They invaded the United States
What does it mean to "repeal" a law?
To protest it
To overturn it
To refuse to obey it
To obey it grudgingly
If you were boycotting British tea, what would you be doing?
Tarring and feathering British tea merchants
Dumping British tea into Boston Harbor
Refusing to buy British tea
Paying high prices for British tea
How did Ben Franklin help the American war effort?
By writing the Declaration of Independence
By serving as President of the Continental Congress
By serving as a general in the Continental Army
By convincing the French government to aid the colonists
What is a loyalist?
A person who was a slave
A person selling clothes
A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause
A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the Amerian cause
What is a partiot in the American Revolution?
A colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule.
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A colonists who supported British rule.
A person who didn't care if British ruled or not.
What was a leading cuase in the American Revolution?
taxes
food
land
slavery
When did the American Revolution occur?
2010
1775
1991
1672
All these people were patriots in the American Revolution EXCEPT
George Washington
William Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
The French and Indian War occurred before the American Revolution and lead to the extra taxes.
True
False
British ruled America prior to the American Revolution.
True
False
The American Revolution ended in
1993
1985
1783
1771
