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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution (Grade 4 students only) 5/17
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is it when people fight to replace one government with a different government?
revolution
intolerable act
declaration of independence
continental congress
Which country once ruled the 13 original colonies, including South Carolina?
France
England
Spain
Scotland
SC showed they were unhappy with the ____________________ by letting it sit in a warehouse, unsold, for 8 years.
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
How did colonists respond to the Stamp Act and extra tax on books, newspapers, and playing cards?
They left the items to rot in a warehouse for 8 years
They bought more of these items
They bought ink for the stamps
They refused to buy these items
What happened when England closed the port of Boston and made colonists house the British soldiers?
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
What meeting was called so that all the colonies could send King George a letter with their concerns?
Battle of Kings Mountain
First Continental Congress
Battle of Fort Moultrie
Second Continental Congress
What did SC do FIRST, before any other colony?
create sugar and cotton plantations
establish slavery
setup a State Constitution
write the Declaration of Independence
What document stated that the colonies wanted freedom from England?
State Constituion
Declaration Of Independence
Intolerable Acts
Freedom of Religion
Who were the colonists who supported England and the King?
Loyalists
Patriots
African Americans
Native Americans
Who were the colonists who wanted freedom from British control?
Loyalists
Patriots
African Americans
Native Americans
Why were women so important during the war? Choose 3.
they managed the farms
they were messengers
they managed the stores and restaurants
they held jobs at the factories
they were nurses
Which group served in both armies, because they were promised their freedom if they fought?
women
Native Americans
plantation owners
African Americans
What 2 events made the Battle of Sullivan's Island famous, and a strong win for the colonists? Choose 2.
cannonballs bounced off the Palmetto logs
William Jasper saved the flag
British ships got stuck on the sandbars
they renamed it Fort Moultrie
Who was the leader at the Battle of Sullivan's Island, and they renamed the fort after him?
William Jasper
Frances Marion
William Moultrie
Andrew Pickens
Who saved the flag at Fort Moultrie so that our colonists would keep fighting?
William Moultrie
William Jasper
Frances Marion
Thomas Sumter
Who was the famous general from the Midlands who was nicknamed the "Gamecock"?
Frances Marion
William Jasper
Andrew Pickens
Thomas Sumter
Who led sneak attacks against the British and was nicknamed the "Swamp Fox"?
Frances Marion
Thomas Sumter
William Moultrie
Andrew Pickens
