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WorksheetsChapter 5 US History Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
boycott
blockade
militia
duty
Military force made up of civilians trained as soldiers
Minutemen
militia
mercenaries
monopoly
An organized campaign to refuse to participate in certain activities such as buying goods
boycott
blockade
duty
monopoly
Citizen soldiers who fought the British at Lexington and Concord who were ready to fight on short notice
Minutemen
militia
mercenaries
monopoly
Total control of a market for a certain product
boycott
monopoly
repeal
duty
official end of a law
repeal
alliance
blockade
writs of assistance
Court orders for customs officials to search for illegal goods without telling what they were searching for
writs of assistance
blockade
boycott
duty
Soldiers who serve another country for money
mercenaries
Minutemen
militia
monopoly
What started the French and Indian War?
French settlers pushed into Virginia
French settlers threatened to seize Native American lands
British and French claimed the same area of land
Native Americans pushed into the British colonies
Who was chosen as the leader of the militia to claim the Ohio River Valley for the British?
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Samuel Adams
What was the purpose of the Albany Congress?
to get the colonists to cooperate in defending themselves
to get the French to withdraw from colonial lands
to get the colonists to fight for their independence
to convince the Natives to join the British
Why did the colonial assemblies reject the Albany Plan of Union?
the colonists believed that their disagreements with France would pass
they wanted the Iroquois to be involved with the Plan
they wanted to control their own taxes and armies
they feared that Benjamin Franklin wanted to rule the colonies
After the French and Indian War the...
colonists felt more united than ever with Britain
British refused to tax the colonies
colonists began to feel more united with each other
colonists lived in peace with the Native Americans
What happened during "Pontiac's War"?
Native American groups united and attacked the French
the leader of the Ottawa nation helped start an all-out attack on British forts
the Iroquois formed an alliance with the French
the French attacked the western frontier that the British were moving into
The Proclamation of 1763 declared that...
Native Americans could not attack settlers that moved east of the Appalachians
colonial settlement was banned west of the Appalachians
the French were responsible for settling in the Appalachians
the French had to obtain British citizenship to remain in North America
Colonists resented the Tea Act because...
it established a monopoly on tea for the British East India Company
it increased the price of tea
it forced tea to be shipped from India to Britain
it put a boycott on tea going to the colonies
In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which...
said that Parliament had total authority over the colonies
required colonists to buy stamps to put on legal documents and papers
required colonists to house and feed British troops in exchange for stamps
which required colonists to boycott British goods
What did the Townshend Acts of 1776 specify?
that Britain would not tax products brought into the colonies
that Britain would tax only imports into the colonies
that Britain would charge export duties
that the colonists must set up "liberty poles"
Which side fired the first shot of the American Revolution?
nobody knows
the French
the Native Americans
the colonists
the British
What was "the shot heart 'round the world"?
the first shot of the American Revolution
the first shot fired at the Boston Massacre
the shot that concluded the first meeting of the minutemen
the first organized meeting of the colonial militia
Which of these was a demand of the First Continental Congress?
the repeal of the Intolerable Acts
the right of colonists to form a military
the right of colonists to print their own money
the strengthening of British rule over the colonies
Which of the following was NOT a step taken by the colonists to prepare for war against the British?
print paper money
choose a commander
form a navy
boycott British made goods
What did the Olive Branch Petition state?
that the colonists remained loyal to the king
that colonists would die rather than live as slaves
that Parliament would sent 20,000 soldiers to the colonies
that Britain should stop taxing imported olives
Why was it important that Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga?
Ethan Allen seized weapons and cannons to use against the British
it gave the colonial army control of the highlands surrounding Boston
the colonists now controlled the main route down the Mississippi River
it was the battle that convinced most colonists to become Patriots
Where did the Battle of Bunker Hill mostly take place?
in Boston Harbor
on Breed's Hill
on Bunker Hill
on Little Big Top Hill
