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Chapter 5 US History Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

a)

boycott

b)

blockade

c)

militia

d)

duty

2.

Military force made up of civilians trained as soldiers

a)

Minutemen

b)

militia

c)

mercenaries

d)

monopoly

3.

An organized campaign to refuse to participate in certain activities such as buying goods

a)

boycott

b)

blockade

c)

duty

d)

monopoly

4.

Citizen soldiers who fought the British at Lexington and Concord who were ready to fight on short notice

a)

Minutemen

b)

militia

c)

mercenaries

d)

monopoly

5.

Total control of a market for a certain product

a)

boycott

b)

monopoly

c)

repeal

d)

duty

6.

official end of a law

a)

repeal

b)

alliance

c)

blockade

d)

writs of assistance

7.

Court orders for customs officials to search for illegal goods without telling what they were searching for

a)

writs of assistance

b)

blockade

c)

boycott

d)

duty

8.

Soldiers who serve another country for money

a)

mercenaries

b)

Minutemen

c)

militia

d)

monopoly

9.

What started the French and Indian War?

a)

French settlers pushed into Virginia

b)

French settlers threatened to seize Native American lands

c)

British and French claimed the same area of land

d)

Native Americans pushed into the British colonies

10.

Who was chosen as the leader of the militia to claim the Ohio River Valley for the British?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

George Washington

d)

Samuel Adams

11.

What was the purpose of the Albany Congress?

a)

to get the colonists to cooperate in defending themselves

b)

to get the French to withdraw from colonial lands

c)

to get the colonists to fight for their independence

d)

to convince the Natives to join the British

12.

Why did the colonial assemblies reject the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

the colonists believed that their disagreements with France would pass

b)

they wanted the Iroquois to be involved with the Plan

c)

they wanted to control their own taxes and armies

d)

they feared that Benjamin Franklin wanted to rule the colonies

13.

After the French and Indian War the...

a)

colonists felt more united than ever with Britain

b)

British refused to tax the colonies

c)

colonists began to feel more united with each other

d)

colonists lived in peace with the Native Americans

14.

What happened during "Pontiac's War"?

a)

Native American groups united and attacked the French

b)

the leader of the Ottawa nation helped start an all-out attack on British forts

c)

the Iroquois formed an alliance with the French

d)

the French attacked the western frontier that the British were moving into

15.

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that...

a)

Native Americans could not attack settlers that moved east of the Appalachians

b)

colonial settlement was banned west of the Appalachians

c)

the French were responsible for settling in the Appalachians

d)

the French had to obtain British citizenship to remain in North America

16.

Colonists resented the Tea Act because...

a)

it established a monopoly on tea for the British East India Company

b)

it increased the price of tea

c)

it forced tea to be shipped from India to Britain

d)

it put a boycott on tea going to the colonies

17.

In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which...

a)

said that Parliament had total authority over the colonies

b)

required colonists to buy stamps to put on legal documents and papers

c)

required colonists to house and feed British troops in exchange for stamps

d)

which required colonists to boycott British goods

18.

What did the Townshend Acts of 1776 specify?

a)

that Britain would not tax products brought into the colonies

b)

that Britain would tax only imports into the colonies

c)

that Britain would charge export duties

d)

that the colonists must set up "liberty poles"

19.

Which side fired the first shot of the American Revolution?

a)

nobody knows

b)

the French

c)

the Native Americans

d)

the colonists

e)

the British

20.

What was "the shot heart 'round the world"?

a)

the first shot of the American Revolution

b)

the first shot fired at the Boston Massacre

c)

the shot that concluded the first meeting of the minutemen

d)

the first organized meeting of the colonial militia

21.

Which of these was a demand of the First Continental Congress?

a)

the repeal of the Intolerable Acts

b)

the right of colonists to form a military

c)

the right of colonists to print their own money

d)

the strengthening of British rule over the colonies

22.

Which of the following was NOT a step taken by the colonists to prepare for war against the British?

a)

print paper money

b)

choose a commander

c)

form a navy

d)

boycott British made goods

23.

What did the Olive Branch Petition state?

a)

that the colonists remained loyal to the king

b)

that colonists would die rather than live as slaves

c)

that Parliament would sent 20,000 soldiers to the colonies

d)

that Britain should stop taxing imported olives

24.

Why was it important that Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga?

a)

Ethan Allen seized weapons and cannons to use against the British

b)

it gave the colonial army control of the highlands surrounding Boston

c)

the colonists now controlled the main route down the Mississippi River

d)

it was the battle that convinced most colonists to become Patriots

25.

Where did the Battle of Bunker Hill mostly take place?

a)

in Boston Harbor

b)

on Breed's Hill

c)

on Bunker Hill

d)

on Little Big Top Hill