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WorksheetsChapter 5 Study Guide
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
revenue
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
effigies
c)
incoming money
d)
boycott
2.
formal expression of opinion
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
effigies
c)
incoming money
d)
resolution
3.
organized the Sons of Liberty
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
effigies
c)
incoming money
d)
boycott
4.
rag figures
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
effigies
c)
incoming money
d)
boycott
5.
to refuse to buy
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
resolution
c)
incoming money
d)
boycott
6.
Writs of assistance enabled British customs officers to search
a)
foreign goods
b)
foreigners
c)
people for contraband
d)
homes for smuggled goods
7.
Why did John Hancock write his name so large?
a)
So King George III could read it without his glasses
b)
He was the President of the U.S.
8.
After making some changes to the Declaration of Independence, delegates approved the document on -
a)
July 4th, 1776
b)
July 4th, 1763
c)
July 4th, 1607
d)
July 4th, 1700
9.
The first man to sign the Declaration of Independence was
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Hancock
10.
The first commander of the Continental Army was
a)
George Washington
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
11.
wrote the Declaration of Independence
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Richard Henry Lee
c)
Second Continental Congress
d)
Thomas Jefferson
12.
After the Battle of __________, the British realized defeating the Americans will neither be quick nor easy.
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Bunker Hill and Breeds Hill
c)
Saratoga
d)
Ticonderoga
13.
What happened as the British soldiers marched back to Boston from Concord?
a)
Crowds of children cheered
b)
They fought a battle at Lexington
c)
They captured Samuel Adams and his cousin, John Adams.
d)
Militia fired at them from behind trees and fences.
14.
The "Shot Heard Round the World" was what?
a)
Beginning of the Revolutionary War
b)
The launch of the Moon mission.
c)
Scud missile launch
d)
Beginning of WWI
15.
Men who could be ready to fight in a minute were called?
a)
Navy Seals
b)
Special Forces
c)
Rangers
d)
Minutemen
16.
Citizens who took up arms to fight were called?
a)
Millenials
b)
Monument Men
c)
Militias
d)
Mischievous
17.
The two men that rode to Lexington warning that the British were coming?
a)
Paul Revere & William Dawes
b)
Peter Perkins and Red Dare
c)
Prince John & William Dees
d)
Clark Kent and Ironman
18.
55 delegates met here to discuss separating from Britain?
a)
Boston
b)
New York
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Lexington
19.
Some colonists celebrated the dramatic act of defiance known as the
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Coercive Acts
c)
Boston Masascre
d)
Boston Tea Party
20.
The colonial name for laws that banned town meetings in Massachusetts was
a)
The Navigation Acts
b)
The Intolerable Acts
c)
The Coercive Acts
d)
The Boston Tea Party
21.
Who is known as the only African American to lose his life in the Boston Massacre
a)
Wentworth Cheswell
b)
Sam Adams
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Crispus Attucks
22.
This radical activist, was the former speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, his fiery speeches moved many colonist to arm against the British. His most famous quote "...give me liberty or give me death!"
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Sam Adams
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
George Washington
23.
What colonial claim about the Boston Massacre is supported by this illustration?
a)
Most of the American colonists in Boston were killed.
b)
British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists over protest about taxes.
c)
There were more soldiers than civilians at the Boston Massacre.
d)
Colonists were better equipped for war than British soldiers were.
24.
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists could not settle beyond which of the following geographical features?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Great Plains
c)
Appalachian Mountains
d)
Rocky Mountians
25.
Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Boston
c)
Saratoga
d)
Yorktown
26.
This person founded the "Sons of Liberty" and voiced his belief that the colonies should revolt against England.
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Sam Adams
27.
This event allowed the Son's of Liberty to protest the British Tea Tax and involved destruction of the East India Companies main trade item
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
c)
Albany Plan of Union
d)
Boston Tea Party
28.
This Act allowed British soldiers to live in colonist homes. Colonist had to provide a bed, food, candle to help defray Britain's ability to house their soldiers
a)
Tea Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Intolerable Act
29.
Which act ignored the colonial tradition of self-government?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Declaratory Act
30.
The colonists paid lower taxes on molasses because of the
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
writ of assistance
31.
The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. This act of protest is known as
a)
the Boston Tea Party
b)
the Stamp Act
c)
Committees of Correspondence
d)
Boston Massacre
32.
American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and American War by paying
a)
Patriots
b)
snowballs
c)
taxes
d)
boycott
33.
The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Boston tea Party
34.
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
To allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains
b)
To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party
c)
To punish the Georgia colony for the Sugar Act
d)
To prevent the smuggling of molasses
35.
Why did Parliament choose to raise taxes on the American colonies beginning in 1763?
a)
To help pay the French and Indian War debt
b)
To build a new home for the monarch
c)
To paint a new Proclamation Line through the mountains
d)
To buy a surplus of rice and indigo
36.
Who was one of the founding members of the Sons of Liberty?
a)
William Pitt
b)
Sam Adams
c)
George III
d)
Silver Heels
37.
The refusal to buy or sell certain products or services.
a)
petition
b)
boycott
c)
ally
d)
militia
38.
An army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.
a)
militia
b)
Loyalists
c)
Committees of Correspondence
d)
Tea merchants
39.
The lawmaking body of British government
a)
Senate
b)
King
c)
Congress
d)
Parliament
40.
Crispus Attucks became the first casualty at the hands of a British soldier at which event?
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Lexington
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
41.
Which battles initiated the American Revolution?
a)
Saratoga and Yorktown
b)
Lexington and Concord
c)
Yorktown and Valley Forge
d)
Valley Forge and Saratoga
42.
In response to the Tea Act, colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 340 tea chests into the Boston Harbor in what is known as the
a)
Drink Coffee Movement
b)
Boston Swim in Tea
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Boston Night Out
43.
The British called the Intolerable Acts, the _______ Acts
a)
Coercive
b)
Townshend
c)
Harboring
d)
Punishment
44.
This slogan was used to protest the lack of colonial representation in parliament
a)
Sam says "No"
b)
Say no to taxation
c)
No taxation without representation
d)
No taxation without Sam Adams
45.
As a result of the oppressive Intolerable Acts, this meeting takes place in Philadelphia
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Second Continental Congress
c)
Continental Congressional Hearings
d)
Philadelphia Convention
46.
This man created a famous, and highly bias, engraving of the Boston Massacre
a)
Sam Adams
b)
John Hancock
c)
Joseph Warren
d)
Paul Revere
47.
Which colony did not send representatives to the First Continental Congress?
a)
New Jersey
b)
Delaware
c)
Maryland
d)
Georgia
48.
What is the significance of the political cartoon?
a)
Snakes are deadly
b)
Colonies need to unite in the fight
c)
Colonists cannot be trusted
d)
The snake is swimming towards the ocean
49.
What did writs of assistance allow officers to do?
a)
Officer could purchase tea at a discount
b)
Officer could search your house anytime
c)
Officer gave help anytime needed
d)
Gave colonists more rights
50.
Many colonists did not want to remain loyal to Great Britain and King George. They wanted to be free from British rule. These colonists were called
a)
Patriots
b)
Republicans
c)
Democrats
d)
Loyalists
51.
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians and destroyed British property during the...
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Tea Act
d)
Boston Rebellion
52.
What was the name of the group that spread word of British taxation and organized colonial protests?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Minutemen
d)
Allies
53.
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
To allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains
b)
To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party
c)
To punish the Georgia colony for the Sugar Act
d)
To prevent the smuggling of molasses
54.
This type of American Colonist was in support of the British parliament.
a)
Patriot
b)
Loyalist
c)
Yes man
d)
Neutral
55.
an order in which Britain prohibited its American colonies from settling West of the Appalachian mountains
a)
writs of assistance
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Treaty of Paris 1763
d)
Dawes Act
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