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Chapter 3 The Struggle Continues

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

George Washington was sent into the Ohio Country by the British governor of the Virginia Colony in order to ____.

a)

build Fort Necessity

b)

survey the land in the Ohio Country so it could be sold to rich land owners.

c)

order the French to leave the lands of the Ohio Country, since it was land claimed by the British King.

d)

set up a trade deal with Chief Pontiac

2.

Another name for the Seven Years War is __.

a)

the Revolutionary War

b)

Pontiac's Rebellion

c)

The French and Indian War

d)

the War for Independence

3.

The document that ended the French and Indian War was the ___.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris of 1783

c)

Treaty of Paris of 1763

d)

Declaration of Independence

4.

A group of acts, or laws Parliament passed after the Boston Tea Party that angered colonists were nicknamed the __.

a)

Impossible Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Proclamation Acts

5.

An official agreement between countries or groups is known as a ___. It is often signed to bring wars to an official end.

a)

boycott

b)

treaty

c)

proclamation

d)

declaration

6.

American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War were called __.

a)

minutemen

b)

redcoats

c)

Patriots

d)

Tories

7.

One reason the American Indians sided with the French during the French and Indian War was __.

a)

The Americana Indians were afraid that if they didn't side with the French, they would be pushed beyond the Mississippi River by the French.

b)

The American Indians felt the British goods were of poor quality and not worth the furs they were offering in trade for the goods.

c)

The French offered to pay the American Indians a lot in trade if they would fight alongside French soldiers against the British and American colonists.

d)

The American Indians felt the French Army was stronger and larger and more likely to win the war.

8.

Many Native American groups (American Indians) living in Ohio Country were allies of the _________ during the French and Indian War and allies of the ________ during the Revolutionary War.

a)

French, British

b)

British, French

c)

American Colonists, British

d)

French, American Colonists

9.

The act of Parliament the colonists living in Boston protested by holding the Boston Tea Party was the _______.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Quebec Act

10.

The Miami Indian Chief that united American Indian groups living west of the Appalachian Mountains to rebel against the colonists and British soldiers after the French and Indian War was _____.

a)

Little Turtle

b)

Chief Cornstalk

c)

Blue Jacket

d)

Chief Pontiac

11.

He is known as one of the founding fathers. During the Revolutionary War he was commander and chief of the Continental Army. Later he became the first President of the United States.

a)

King George III

b)

George Rogers Clark

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

12.

American colonists who sided with the British during the Revolutionary War and did not want to separate from Great Britain were known as Loyalists, or _______.

a)

minutemen

b)

redcoats

c)

Patriots

d)

Tories

13.

He ruled Great Britain and issued the Proclamation of 1763. Later he supported the actions and policies of the British Parliament that affected the American colonists.

a)

George Washington

b)

King George III

c)

George Rogers Clark

d)

George Harrison

14.

He was a missionary who started the settlements of Gnadenhutten and Schoenbrunn in Ohio Country and remained neutral during the Revolutionary War.

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

David Zeisberger

d)

George Rogers Clark

15.

Along with Simon Kenton, he led attacks against American Indians and the British in Ohio Country during the Revolutionary War.

a)

George Rogers Clark

b)

David Zeisberger

c)

George Washington

d)

Samuel Adams

16.

He wrote the Declaration of Independence which was signed by all the delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies at the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

King George III

17.

This leader of the Sons of Liberty organized many protests against the British, including the Boston Tea Party.

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

David Zeisberger

d)

George Rogers Clark

18.

A group of Acts of laws passed by British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The acts closed Boston Harbor, included the Quartering Act and required colonists to have traveling papers to leave Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Treaty of Paris of 1783

19.

An act of Parliament that required American Colonists to house and provide warm meals to British soldiers that had no other place to stay in the colonies

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Declaration of Independence

20.

Law passed by Parliament placing a tax on tea. It also required that colonists buy only tea from the British East India Company.

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Quartering Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Tea Act

21.

A list of demands made by King George III after Pontiac's Rebellion to bring peace between American colonists and American Indians. Many of the demands made by the King angered the colonists

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Treaty of Paris of 1763

d)

The Intolerable Acts

22.

An act passed soon after the French and Indian War to help raise money in the American Colonies to help repay war debts. It required a tax be paid on paper products including newspapers, government documents and playing cards.

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Stamp Act

23.

A document that listed the complaints the American Colonists had about the unfair decisions made by Parliament and the King. It was signed on July 4 , 1776.

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Treaty of Paris of 1783

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

24.

As time went on, many American colonists felt less and less British and more and more American.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

The Revolutionary War started on April 19, 1775 when the British attacked colonists of Lexington and Concord in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

26.

The Declaration of Independence informed the King of France that American colonies were no longer colonies, but a separate country.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

The Revolutionary War was already in progress when the Declaration of Independence was signed and sent tot the King of England (Great Britain)

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the Revolutionary War .

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

After the Boston Tea Party Parliament put several strict policies in place. Show one of the actions that was a part of those policies consequencing the American Colonists for their protest.

a)

Parliament ordered every American colonists to pay a large sum of money to the British government in order to cover the cost of the destroyed tea

b)

Boston Harbor was closed until the Colonists of Boston apologized to the British soldier for their thoughtless actions.

c)

Colonists would have to provide housing and meals to any British Soldier who had no other place to stay while serving in the colonies.

d)

Boston colonists would have to apologize to the American Indians for trying to blame them for dumping the tea into Boston HArbor.

e)

Colonists would have to write letters of apology to the British King and Parliament for their thoughtless and destructive protest.

30.

Another word for law.

a)

treaty

b)

declaration

c)

boycott

d)

act

31.

A group or country that joins another group or country to work towards a common goal, like winning a war.

a)

boycott

b)

ally

c)

curfew

d)

rebellion

32.

An official public statement

a)

act

b)

boycott

c)

proclamation

d)

declaration

33.

Money that is owed and must be repaid.

a)

act

b)

boycott

c)

debt

d)

frontier

34.

A spoken or written statement that explains what you believe

a)

proclamation

b)

declaration

35.

A fight against the government

a)

boycott

b)

treaty

c)

rebellion

d)

curfew

36.

An official order requiring people to stay indoors during certain hours, usually at night,

a)

declaration

b)

curfew

c)

ally

d)

boycott

37.

The edge between settled and unsettled lands.

a)

frontier

b)

ally

c)

harbor

d)

curfew

38.

To protest by refusing to buy or use a product or service

a)

boycott

b)

curfew

c)

declaration

d)

proclamation

39.

A sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can dock and unload cargo and drop off and pick up passengers for travel by sea.

a)

curfew

b)

harbor

c)

frontier

d)

rebellion