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Cumulative Social studies 5B Constitution - Independence

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Read the following situation and identify if what happened there, was either a Revolution or a Revolt.

In the year 509 B.C, There was an overthrow of the Roman Monarchy, a political situation in ancient Rome, that resulted in the expulsion of the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius, and the establishment of the Roman Republic.

a)

Revolution

b)

Revolt

2.

Read the following situation and identify if what happened there, was either a Revolution or a Revolt.

During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, 1521–1898, there were several protests against the Spanish colonial government, and they finally obtained the re-establishment the rights and powers that traditionally belonged to the indigenous from there.Natives also rebelled over unjust taxes and forced labor but those, couldn't be changed.

a)

Revolution

b)

Revolt

3.

Write the letter that best matches the consequence of what happened after the events on the left.

The French Monarchy was overthrown (destroyed), during the French Revolution.

a)

People from Nueva Granada got inspired and saw that that people should study and learn, that kings should not control people anymore and that people was free to think.

b)

People got inspired about what happened there, and realized that they could fight too for being free from the Spaniard King and they could claim for the same rights that people from there were claiming

c)

The new French Assembly was established as a new government and they created the Rights Of the Man.

4.

Write the letter that best matches the consequence of what happened after the events on the left.

Antonio Nariño translated the Rights of Man to people in Nueva Granada.

a)

The Spaniard Government showed all the people that they can not rebel to them and killed the messenger from Socorro.

b)

People got inspired about what happened there, and realized that they could fight too for being free from the Spaniard King and they could claim for the same rights that people from there were claiming

c)

It was the first protest in America against the Spanish Government and showed people that even tough they could not change the taxes system, if they join together, they could protest and fight.

5.

Write the letter that best matches the consequence of what happened after the events on the left.

There was a new movement in Europe called the Enlightenment.

a)

The Spaniard Government showed all the people that they can not rebel to them and killed the messenger from Socorro.

b)

Some people from Socorro Santander protested and started the Commoners Revolt and wanted to go to Santa Fe to demand to the Viceroy not to increase the taxes.

c)

People from Nueva Granada got inspired and saw that that people should study and learn, that kings should not control people anymore and that people was free to think.

6.

Write the letter that best matches the consequence of what happened after the events on the left.

The new king Bourbon established new higher taxes to the people in Nueva Granada.

a)

The Spaniard Government showed all the people that they can not rebel to them and killed the messenger from Socorro.

b)

Some people from Socorro Santander protested and started the Commoners Revolt and wanted to go to Santa Fe to demand to the Viceroy not to increase the taxes.

c)

People from Nueva Granada got inspired and saw that that people should study and learn, that kings should not control people anymore and that people was free to think.

7.

Write the letter that best matches the consequence of what happened after the events on the left.

People from Socorro sent Jose Antonio Galan to talk to the Viceroy in Santa Fe.

a)

The Spaniard Government showed all the people that they can not rebel to them and killed the messenger from Socorro.

b)

People got inspired about what happened there, and realized that they could fight too for being free from the Spaniard King and they could claim for the same rights that people from there were claiming

c)

People from Nueva Granada got inspired and saw that that people should study and learn, that kings should not control people anymore and that people was free to think.

8.

Write the letter that best matches the consequence of what happened after the events on the left.

After the Commoners Revolt, people got an evidence and got inspired by this situation.

a)

The Spaniard Government showed all the people that they can not rebel to them and killed the messenger from Socorro.

b)

People got inspired about what happened there, and realized that they could fight too for being free from the Spaniard King and they could claim for the same rights that people from there were claiming

c)

It was the first protest in America against the Spanish Government and showed people that even tough they could not change the taxes system, if they join together, they could protest and fight.

9.

Simon Bolívar guided his American people’s fight for independence from Spain. He wanted and dreamed of the formation of a big single country extending from present-day Venezuela to modern Bolivia.

However, his plans were destroyed by his followers, and the great nation he dreamed of creating was not possible anymore. Simon Bolivar's vision was:

a)

To liberate from Spaniards

b)

To win the battles for Independence

c)

To create a single American country

10.

When Bolívar returned to Europe met with several important thinkers and politicians.

What idea was presented to Bolivar in this meeting?

a)

That creoles could be rich with American's resources.

b)

That Americans needed to be liberated from Spaniards.

c)

All of the options are correct

11.

After being influenced by those ideas that the politicians told Bolivar, what he did next?

a)

He liberated Venezuela

b)

He returned to Europe to fight.

c)

He returned to America to help fighting.

12.

What do you think the word EXILE means?

a)

To be living in another country looking for independence

b)

To be living in another country for political reasons and because your life is in danger in the country you were born.

c)

To be living in another country buying guns, to fight for Independence.

d)

To be living in another country after looking for slaves and indigenous in the American Colonies.

13.

The Letter of Jamaica that Bolivar wrote in Haiti, talked about:

a)

A call and Invitation to American Colonies to fight for Liberation from Spaniards

b)

A letter to England and USA to ask for weapons and help

c)

A plan to create republics in Haiti.

d)

A letter to let the Americans know that Bolivar was alive.

14.

Why did Bolivar asked Haiti for help and weapons?

a)

Because Haiti recently obtained its Independence from Spain.

b)

Because USA and England didn't help Bolivar.

c)

Because Haiti was very rich.

d)

Because USA and England were very poor.

15.

In 1810, a group of people in Venezuela rebelled and removed the Spanish Viceroy and took control. The next year 1811, Venezuela declared its independence. By 1813, Bolívar commanded the army.

In 1814, the Spanish attacked Bolivar’s army and defeated his troops, forcing Bolivar to escape, leave the country and hide in Haiti.

In 1814, being in Haiti, while Bolivar was in exile, he wrote The Letter from Jamaica, an invitation to Americans to fight. With this letter, Bolivar called for all Spanish colonies to rise and fight against European rule. The letter from Jamaica, also had a plan to create independent republics reaching from Mexico to Argentina and Chile.

Bolivar asked England and USA for help with weapons, but British or American didn’t give Bolivar any help or support, so he asked to Haiti and they helped him.

With money and guns from this newly independent republic of Haiti, he returned to America to fight the largest army Spain had ever sent across the Atlantic.

Americans from Venezuela took the control and removed the Spaniards.

a)

1814

b)

1810

c)

1813

d)

1811

16.

In 1810, a group of people in Venezuela rebelled and removed the Spanish Viceroy and took control. The next year 1811, Venezuela declared its independence. By 1813, Bolívar commanded the army.

In 1814, the Spanish attacked Bolivar’s army and defeated his troops, forcing Bolivar to escape, leave the country and hide in Haiti.

In 1814, being in Haiti, while Bolivar was in exile, he wrote The Letter from Jamaica, an invitation to Americans to fight. With this letter, Bolivar called for all Spanish colonies to rise and fight against European rule. The letter from Jamaica, also had a plan to create independent republics reaching from Mexico to Argentina and Chile.

Bolivar asked England and USA for help with weapons, but British or American didn’t give Bolivar any help or support, so he asked to Haiti and they helped him.

With money and guns from this newly independent republic of Haiti, he returned to America to fight the largest army Spain had ever sent across the Atlantic.

Venezuela obtained their Independence

a)

1814

b)

1810

c)

1813

d)

1811

17.

In 1810, a group of people in Venezuela rebelled and removed the Spanish Viceroy and took control. The next year 1811, Venezuela declared its independence. By 1813, Bolívar commanded the army.

In 1814, the Spanish attacked Bolivar’s army and defeated his troops, forcing Bolivar to escape, leave the country and hide in Haiti.

In 1814, being in Haiti, while Bolivar was in exile, he wrote The Letter from Jamaica, an invitation to Americans to fight. With this letter, Bolivar called for all Spanish colonies to rise and fight against European rule. The letter from Jamaica, also had a plan to create independent republics reaching from Mexico to Argentina and Chile.

Bolivar asked England and USA for help with weapons, but British or American didn’t give Bolivar any help or support, so he asked to Haiti and they helped him.

With money and guns from this newly independent republic of Haiti, he returned to America to fight the largest army Spain had ever sent across the Atlantic.

Bolivar commanded the army.

a)

1814

b)

1810

c)

1813

d)

1811

18.

In 1810, a group of people in Venezuela rebelled and removed the Spanish Viceroy and took control. The next year 1811, Venezuela declared its independence. By 1813, Bolívar commanded the army.

In 1814, the Spanish attacked Bolivar’s army and defeated his troops, forcing Bolivar to escape, leave the country and hide in Haiti.

In 1814, being in Haiti, while Bolivar was in exile, he wrote The Letter from Jamaica, an invitation to Americans to fight. With this letter, Bolivar called for all Spanish colonies to rise and fight against European rule. The letter from Jamaica, also had a plan to create independent republics reaching from Mexico to Argentina and Chile.

Bolivar asked England and USA for help with weapons, but British or American didn’t give Bolivar any help or support, so he asked to Haiti and they helped him.

With money and guns from this newly independent republic of Haiti, he returned to America to fight the largest army Spain had ever sent across the Atlantic.

Bolivar wrote to Americans, inviting them to fight.

a)

1814

b)

1810

c)

1813

d)

1811

19.

From 1815 to 1817 they had many battles and no one was wining however, Bolívar declared that his next objective was the end of slavery.

He made alliances with two groups of guerrilla soldiers, who attacked the Spanish army. He also called the ex- European soldiers troops. Then in 1819, he planned to cross the Andes Mountains and surprise the Spanish. Bolivar’s army of 2,000 soldiers first had to cross the hot jungles of the Orinoco River and then the freezing mountains.

Many soldiers died, but Bolívar’s army was strong enough to defeat the Spanish in four different battles to liberate the Nueva Granada. The last two battles of those, were the Pantano de Vargas Battle and the final one; the Battle of the Boyaca Bridge (Batalla Del Puente de Boyaca)

According to the paragraph, Bolivar defeated the Spanish because:

a)

They had good guns.

b)

He took the Spanish troops by surprise

c)

He ended slavery.

d)

He crossed the Andes Mountains

20.

After defeating the Spaniards Bolívar returned to the city of Angostura, in Venezuela, and joined a congress to form the new government.

Members of the Congress voted to create the republic of Gran Colombia, which included modern Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Bolivar wanted a Centralist Government which means that all provinces or departments have to follow to one single government that set the laws for all.

Bolívar won independence for Venezuela in 1821 and Ecuador in 1822. He freed Peru from Spain in 1824 and Upper Peru in 1825, which changed its name for Bolivia. He was president of Gran Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Bolívar wanted that these nations would unite and become stronger.

According to the paragraph, a CENTRALIST GOVERNMENT means:

a)

All provinces obeying their own government.

b)

All provinces under the same government

c)

All provinces divided by the goverment.

d)

All provinces fighting against the government

21.

Choose

that best matches the Cause of independence

Napoleon's Invasion

a)

External Cause, it happened in France

b)

Internal Cause, it happened in Socorro, Santander

c)

External Cause, it happened in Spain

d)

Internal Cause, it happened inside Nueva Granada's forests.

22.

Choose

that best matches the Cause of independence

Commoners Revolt

a)

External Cause, it happened in France

b)

Internal Cause, it happened in Socorro, Santander

c)

External Cause, it happened all around Europe

d)

Internal Cause, it happened inside Nueva Granada's forests.

23.

Choose

that best matches the Cause of independence

French Revolution

a)

External Cause, it happened in France

b)

External Cause, it happened in USA and Haiti

c)

External Cause, it happened all around Europe

d)

Internal Cause, it happened inside Nueva Granada's forests.

24.

Choose

that best matches the Cause of independence

Botanical Expedition

a)

Internal Cause, they were applied only to creoles and people in Nueva Granada

b)

External Cause, it happened in USA and Haiti

c)

External Cause, it happened all around Europe

d)

Internal Cause, it happened inside Nueva Granada's forests.

25.

Choose

that best matches the Cause of independence

Ideas of the Enlightenment

a)

Internal Cause, they were applied only to creoles and people in Nueva Granada

b)

External Cause, it happened in USA and Haiti

c)

External Cause, it happened all around Europe

d)

Internal Cause, it happened inside Nueva Granada's forests.

26.

Choose

that best matches the Cause of independence

Independence of other countries

a)

Internal Cause, they were applied only to creoles and people in Nueva Granada

b)

External Cause, it happened in USA and Haiti

c)

External Cause, it happened all around Europe

d)

Internal Cause, it happened inside Nueva Granada's forests.

27.

Choose

that best matches the Cause of independence

Bourbon Reforms

a)

Internal Cause, they were applied only to creoles and people in Nueva Granada

b)

External Cause, it happened in USA and Haiti

c)

External Cause, it happened all around Europe

d)

Internal Cause, it happened inside Nueva Granada's forests.