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Studies Weekly - Week 15 - Midweek Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were General Gage's orders concerning Concord?

a)

retrieve the weapons, bring them back to Boston

b)

level the town, take no prisoners

c)

capture all Patriots, destroy the weapons

d)

destroy the weapons, don't plunder or hurt private property

2.

According to the article, did they follow the order to not hurt private property?

a)

No, because they went to every home looting and looking supplies.

b)

No, because they destroyed the weapons but took no prisoners.

c)

Yes, they asked for the weapons and the colonists surrendered.

d)

Yes, they gathered the weapons and took them back to Boston.

3.

According to whose testimony did the rebels (Patriots) fire first?

a)

General Gage

b)

Patriot Elijah Saunderson

c)

British Regular Edward T. Gould

d)

Major John Pitcairn

4.

What document did Congress draft avoid going to war with King George?

a)

the Declaration of Independence

b)

the Constitution

c)

the Olive Branch Petition

d)

the Port Act

5.

What did the King of England hiring German soldiers to fight for England indicate?

a)

The king was wealthy.

b)

The king wanted peace.

c)

The king was ready to fight.

d)

The king was popular in Germany.

6.

What did the Continental Congress have to provide funds and leadership to create?

a)

the army and the navy.

b)

the minutemen and alarms.

c)

committees for boycotts.

d)

tea parties and militias

7.

According to the article, Congress could see that independence could result in ________________.

a)

confusion and chaos

b)

freedom and liberty

c)

peace and happiness

d)

hardship and poverty

8.

What did each colony use to establish its government?

a)

the Declaration of Independence

b)

the Magna Carta

c)

their colonial charter

d)

Common Sense

9.

Each colony had its own _______________.

a)

charter of privileges

b)

constitution

c)

declaration of independence

d)

Continental Congress

10.

What was the purpose of the pamphlet "Common Sense"?

a)

to address the financial burdens of colonial America

b)

to stir people up to rebel against the king

c)

to convince King George to allow the colonists to rule themselves

d)

to convert other colonists to his religion

11.

Who was Thomas Paine?

a)

He was a writer who wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense."

b)

He was a member of the Continental Congress

c)

He was a minister who preached against rebellion.

d)

He was the royal governor of New York.

12.

Why did Paine use words from the Bible and religious language?

a)

He was a minister.

b)

He was deeply religious.

c)

He wasn't deeply religious, but he knew many of his readers were.

d)

He hoped to convert followers to his religion.

13.

What was the purpose of the document the delegates were sending to the king?

a)

to pledge their support of the king

b)

to ask for help against the French

c)

to give reasons why they should govern themselves

d)

to propose a treaty with England

14.

How many men were on the committee to write the Declaration?

a)

one

b)

five

c)

three

d)

fifty-six

15.

Who actually wrote the Declaration and had the committee edit it?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson