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Chapter 5 Section 4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was named General of the Continental Army

a)

George Wishington

b)

George Washington

c)

George Worthington

d)

George Willington

2.

Who favored independence from Britain?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

3.

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

a)

Buckshot

b)

Blocking

c)

Blockade

4.

soldiers who serve another country for money

a)

Rambo

b)

Mercenaries

c)

The Expendables

d)

The A Team

5.

Who was the author of the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

John Hancock

d)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

Who was supportive of Britain and the king

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

7.

What was the Olive Branch Petition?

a)

A declaration of Independence

b)

A declaration of open rebellion

c)

A letter to the king to state the colonies are loyal subject who wanted peace.

d)

A break up letter to king George

8.

How did the divided loyalties of the colonists affect the Second Continental Congress

a)

They were not able to accomplish a lot of things.

b)

They were able to accomplish a great number of things

9.

What did the Battle of Bunker Hill show about the American and British forces?

a)

The Americans could fight and the British was going to win the war quickly.

b)

The Americans could not fight and the war was going to be long and difficult.

c)

The Americans could fight the British and the war was going to be long and difficult.

10.

total control of a market for a certain product

a)

Boycott

b)

Monopoly

11.

road through the night to warn the minutemen outside of Concord that the British were heading their way

a)

Paul Black

b)

Paul Reeves

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Paul Raleigh

12.

closed the port of Boston, increased the powers of the royal governor, abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, and cut the powers of town meetings.

a)

The Sugar Act

b)

The Townshend Acts

c)

The Intolerable Acts

d)

The Stamp Act

13.

intended to help the British East India Company; caused a monopoly that hurt colonial merchants

a)

The sugar act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Tea Act

d)

The intolerable acts

14.

The First Continental Congress demanded the ________ of the Intolerable Acts and declared that the colonies had a right to tax and govern themselves.

a)

Boycott

b)

Monopoly

c)

Repeal

15.

citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a moment’s notice

a)

Hourmen

b)

Watchmen

c)

XMen

d)

Minutemen

16.

Who was Governor of Massachusetts that was appointed by the king after the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Gio Hutchinson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Gage

17.

Who established the Committee of Correspondence whose aim was to keep colonists informed of British

actions?

a)

John Adams

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

18.

Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which put a _______________ on several products, including molasses.

a)

Duty

b)

Boycott

19.

Merchants in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia organized a ______________ of British goods.

a)

Boycott

b)

Duty

20.

The delegates of the Stamp Act Congress sent a ___________ to the King and Parliament demanding the end of both the Sugar and Stamp Acts.

a)

Petition

b)

Declaration

21.

Who was a well-known Massachusetts lawyer who defended the soldiers of the Boston Massacre

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Paul Revere

d)

William Dawes

22.

The Virginia ___________ was sent to the Ohio River to order the French to leave.

a)

Militia

b)

Survey Crew

c)

Army

d)

Navy

23.

The British hoped to form an __________ with the Iroquois against the French.

a)

Agreement

b)

Alliance

24.

Who built a small fort called Fort Necessity.

a)

Thomas Gage

b)

Gen. Braddock

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

25.

Who published the Join or Die political cartoon?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Ben Franklin