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Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Concerning the Triangular Trade Routes, what resources did Africa send to the Americas? What resources were sent to England from the America’s?
Slaves; tobacco & raw goods
Rum; cotton candy
Slaves; more slaves
Tobacco & other raw goods; slaves
Unalienable rights are....?
given by your government
rights that can't be taken away
rights you get when you are an adult
given to you by your teacher
Valley Forge was a hard winter for Washington to.....
entertain his army
keep his army together
make them shoes
keep his army happy
Which battle is called the shot heard round the world because it started our American Revolution????
Yorktown
Trenton
Lexington
Saratoga
What document ended the American Revolution
Treaty of France, 1783
Treaty of Spain, 1783
Treaty of America, 1783
Treaty of Paris, 1783
What battle did the British General Cornwallis surrender for America to win the war????
Yorktown
Trenton
Saratoga
Washington
Which battle persuaded the French and others to lend support to the colonists?
Fort Sumter
Saratoga
Trenton
Yorktown
A person who supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies
Loyalist
New Englander
Patriot
King George
A colonist of the American revolutionary period who was a supporter of the King
Loyalist
Patriot
Good person
African slave
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Sam Adams
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
In response to the Boston Tea Party, these acts were passed by Britain.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Why was the Mayflower Compact so important?
It was the first time that colonists demonstrated self-government
It was a church document
It was the first representative form of government
It helped the People of Jamestown start their colony
This Swamp Fox's unorthodox fighting style helped defeat the British in the Southern Region of the Colonies.
Marquis de Lafayette
Francis Marion
George Rogers Clark
Benedict Arnold
A major reason for the British policy of taxing the colonies in the 1760s and 1770s was the _________.
British desire to expand their overseas empire
British debts from the French and Indian War
British interest in proving that the colonies were under their control
Competition with the colonies in the raw material market
This soldier was the hero of the Battle of Saratoga, helping the colonists take 6,ooo soldiers prisoner and win the battle.
Marquis de Lafayette
Francis Marion
George Rogers Clark
Benedict Arnold
This colonial region was best known for its rich soil and agricultural output!
Middle Colonies
Northern Colonies
Southern Colonies
California
What played an important role in increasing political activity and raising public awareness in the colonies?
Telegraph
Radio Shows
Newspapers
Pony Express
What challenges did Washington and the soldiers face at Valley Forge?
Excess money
lack of food, clothing, medical supplies
Taxes were too high
The River was too deep
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Made colonist pay for war debt
Forbade colonists from settling West of the Appalachian mountains
Forced colonists to respect the rights of Native Americans
Forced the colonists to trade only with Great Britain
Which document ended the French & Indian War?
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Treaty of Paris, 1738
Treaty of Paris, 1683
Treaty of Paris, 1763
Which one of the following was NOT part of the Intolerable Acts?
Closing of Boston Harbor
A new Quartering Act
Lowered taxes on the colonists
British officials went back to England for trial
This was a protest against the Tea Act
Boston Tea
Boston Massacre
Birmingham Bus Boycottes
Declaratory Acts
Who fought with the British in the French and Indian War, and was later made leader of the colonial troops?
Charles Cornwallis
George Washington
John Hancoco
John Adams
This group dressed up like Indians and dumped over 340 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor_____________.
Sons of
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Sam
Sons of Pioneers
In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies. Which answer best describes the colonists’ reaction to the Stamp Act?
The colonists paid the taxes and continued to buy British goods.
The colonists passed their own tax on goods exported to Europe.
Colonists refused to buy, or boycotted, British goods
The colonists demanded a decrease in the tax on printed materials.
What act required colonists to pay for room and board of British soldiers?
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Declaratory Act
Between 1765 and 1771 the main cause of conflict between Great Britain and the colonists was ___________.
Religious
D
Land
Trade & Taxes
The following picture from the Boston Massacre was drawn by:
A Patriot
A Loyalist
The King
The following picture from the Boston Massacre was drawn by:
Patriot
Loyalist
The King
Which of the following is NOT true about this political cartoon below?
It was the first political cartoon that appeared in Ben Franklin’s newspaper the Pennsylvania Gazette.
The drawing was based on the popular superstition that a snake that had been cut in two would come to life if the pieces were joined before sunset.
Franklin was trying to say if the colonist did not unite as one then they would be defeated by the French.
Franklin wanted people to believe the French and the Indians were going to cut the colonial governments into pieces if they didn’t pay them money.
The Pilgrims came to the New World for this reason ________________.
To establish a new type
God/Religious Reasons
Gold
Glory
The first form of a representative government formed in the colony of Virginia was the ___________________.
House of Representatives
Senate
House of Burgesses
Legislatures
A group of people who move from one place, but are ruled by that same country still is called a _________________.
Civilization
Colony
Republi
Plantation
Which of the following countries was NOT involved in the Triangular Trade Route?
Americ
West Africa
West Indies
France
What was the Boston Massacre?
Smallpox epidemic that killed a large number of Native Americans.
Noisy protests against the Stamp Act by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
Fierce battle that took place in Boston during the French and Indian War.
Deadly riot between colonists and British troops stationed in Boston.
The two nations with the largest claims in North America in 1763 were
Russia & Spain
Spain & Britain
Britain & France
Spain & France
What event is being described in this passage?:
We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard...and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with out tomahawks, so as to thoroughly expose them to the effects of the water. In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found on the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of th tea in the same way, at the same time. We were surrounded by British armed ships but no attempt was made to resist us.
The First Continental Congress
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
French & Indian War
When did the delegates to the Second Continental Congress vote to accept the Declaration of Independence?
June 15, 1775
July 14, 1776
July 4, 1776
June 4, 1776
When Thomas Jefferson wrote, “All men are created equal,” he meant everyone should
Be entitled to the same rights.
Have the same abilities.
Make the same income.
Have the same education.
It was at this battle that General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington on October 17, 1781.
Saratoga
Yorktown
Trenton
Long Island
This Treaty ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris, 1683
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Treaty of Paris, 1738
Treaty of Paris, 1763
Which battle persuaded the French and others to lend support to the colonists?
Saratoga
Yorktown
Bunker Hill
Princeton
