WorksheetsThe Steps to a New Nation
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?
iron
water
coal
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Which of the following was NOT a natural resource of the NEW England region
timber (forests)
petroleum
furs
fish
OTHER THAN the Pilgrims, a group of people who came to the colonies from England to escape religious persecution were the:
Puritans
Anglicans
Episcopalians
All of these answers are correct
The Puritans, who fled England, set up which two colonial areas in the New World?
The Virginia Company and Plymouth, Massachusetts
Saint Augustine, Florida and Miami, Florida
Boston, Massachusetts and Massachusetts Bay Company
Jamestown, Virginia and Plymouth, Massachusetts
A synonym for INDEPENDENCE is
self-government
autonomy
liberty
All of these could be synonyms for independence
A protest against NO taxation without representation that turned violent was known as the
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
The verdict of the British soldiers accused of killing five colonists during the Boston Massacre was
guilty
not guilty
hung jury
a mistrial
The motive of the Boston Tea Party was
demonstrate that colonists had lost their identity as English "tea drinkers"
a protest against taxes
revenge for the Boston Massacre
an invitation to begin the process of forgiveness
What TWO punishments did the colonists face for the Boston Tea Party
The King of England closed Boston Harbor
The King of England placed another tax on lumber
The King of England created the Stamp Act
The King of England placed Boston under military rule.
In 1774, leaders from the Thirteen Colonies met in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress. What TWO rights did the leaders demand.
The colonies had the right to decide their own laws.
The colonies had the right to create their own taxes
The colonies had the right to fight back against British force.
Women had the right to vote
The first Battles of the American Revolution were known as
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Saratoga
The Battles of the First and Second Continental Congress
The Battles of Fortnite
The night before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the British Army marched from Boston to Concord for the purpose of
taking away the weapons of the colonists
forcing the colonists to pay taxes
going to the trial of the Boston Massacre
attempting to prevent the Boston Massacre
Many American Colonists wanted to separate from the British. Others wanted to stay under the control of England. These TWO groups became known as
Protesters
Loyalists
Patriots
Redcoats
The final decision of the Second Continental Congress was
declare the independence from Britain
remain loyal to the King of England
allow half of the colonies to stay with Britain and the other half to become independent
try to negotiate with the King for less taxes
The document written at the Second Continental Congress became known as the
Stamp Act
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Who did the leaders of the colonies choose to lead the writing team of the Declaration of Independence?
Abraham Lincoln
Samuel Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following are the important ideas of the Declaration of Independence?
People have rights that come from God
People have the right to get rid of an unfair government
People are created equally
All of these are ideas from the Declaration of Independence
A small book by Thomas Paine that was used to convince the colonies to break away from England was titled:
The Constitution
Common Sense
The First Continental Congress
The Verdict
In his book, Common Sense, Thomas Paine tried to convince the colonists that
they deserved their freedom from England
the King of England is a fool
leaders should be elected
all of these answers are correct
What are TWO other ways of saying surrender
persevere
raise the white flag
throw in the towel
persist
What TWO examples explain chronological order
making predictions and main ideas
1774, 1776, 1781, 1783,
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a random guess
What ARE TWO of the main reasons that the colonists were able to defeat the most powerful nation on earth?
The colonists had more advanced weapons and technology
The British soldiers were abusing alcohol
The colonists received assistance from other countries
The colonists were fighting on their own land and they knew it well!
The British Army was known as the
Patriots
Redcoats
Minutemen
Bluecoats
A graphic representation of chronological order is called a
bar graph
pie graph
timeline
all of the answers are correct
The Second Continental Congress took place in the city of Philadelphia which was located in the colony of
Pennsylvania
Transylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
