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Worksheets4th SS Benchmark 2
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 3hrs 21mins
Which statement best describes how Native Americans treated Europeans when they first arrived in the new world?
Native Americans were violent towards Europeans.
Native Americans were friendly towards Europeans.
Native Americans were afraid of Europeans.
Native Americans avoided the Europeans.
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?
Native Americans began taking the land in the Mississippi River Valley.
Native Americans led attacks on French settlers.
Europeans tried to force Native Americans into slavery
Rivalry between British Colonists and France over land in the Ohio River Valley.
Why did Native Americans most likely side with the French during the French and Indian War?
The Native Americans thought the French were friendlier than the English.
The French traded with Native Americans and did not take much land.
The French promised to remove the English settlers.
The Native Americans made money trading silk with the French.
What happened as a result of the French and Indian War?
The French lost control of their land and trade with Native Americans.
The French were able to keep their land but were not allowed to trade.
The land belonging to the French was given to the Native Americans.
The English settlers chased the Native Americans and the French away.
How did slaves most likely resist against slavery?
They worked longer hours.
They would burn their owner's food.
They broke tools and worked slowly.
They killed their owner's families.
Why were slave revolts, like Stono Rebellion, largely unsuccessful?
Revolts were quickly and brutally put down.
They were not organized very well.
Slaves were afraid and would not participate.
Slave owners always kept weapons hidden.
What is the main reason Parliament and King George III began taxing the colonists?
King George III wanted more spending money.
Parliament wanted to anger the colonists to prove their power.
Parliament felt colonists should pay for the French and Indian War.
King George wanted to build a bigger palace.
Which best explains why colonists protested and boycotted taxes imposed by British Parliament?
Colonists were angry with King George.
Colonists believed only their own assemblies could impose taxes for the colonies.
Colonists were not represented in Parliament.
Colonists did not believe Parliament should make stamps for the colonies.
Which best explains why the Sons of Liberty dumped tea from the British East India Company in the Boston Harbor?
They believed that the cheap tea from the British East India Company would threaten the boycotts.
They wanted to make sure the British East Company would go out of business.
They only wanted tea that was produced in the colonies to be sold in shops.
They were not able to send the tea back to Britain.
What did Parliament do as a result of the actions of the Sons of Liberty?
They passed the Intolerable Acts which closed the Boston Harbor and took away colony self-government.
They repealed the tea tax and increased prices on other items.
They allowed the colonies to govern themselves and took away the taxes placed on tea, sugar, and glass.
They put the Sons of Liberty in jail and forced colonists to drink British tea.
Which of these men was a member of the Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Crispus Attucks
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Which statement is the fundamental principle of Declaration of Independence?
"All men are created equal"
"that government of the people, for the people, by the people shall not perish"
" it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it"
"Four score and seven years ago"
Which of these statements from the Declaration of Independence means that the purpose of government is to protect the rights of the people?
"they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
"whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it."
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What was included in the Declaration of Independence to prove that the rights of colonists had been violated?
a formal statement expressing anger over taxes
pictures showing the terrible treatment of colonists
an essay persuading people to turn against Parliament
a list of grievances against King George III
What event most likely occurred after 1781?
The United States became an independent country.
The United States lost the Revolutionary War.
The British won the Revolutionary War.
The British took over more land in North America.
Emily Geiger and Sybil Ludington are both ____________________.
ladies who worked with the Sons of Liberty to throw tea overboard.
female Patriot heroes of the American Revolution.
Loyalist sisters who tried to help the British capture Americans.
women who cooked and taught soldiers how to read.
Which person was a former slave killed at the Boston Massacre? He was the first death in the American Revolution.
Lord North
John Paul Jones
Crispus Attucks
Nathan Hale
The______________________ was the first attempt at government in the new United States.
American Revolutionary War
Colony Collaboration
Articles of Confederation
Armed Conflict
Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
The British won the battle and was sure they would win the Revolutionary War.
American soldiers started using British style warfare to win the war.
The American victory caused the French to join the Americans to defeat the British.
This was the battle that caused the British soldiers to turn toward Canada.
Why did many African slaves fight in the Revolutionary War?
They were promised a lot of land.
They were promised their freedom.
They were promised to be reunited with their families.
They were promised to work in the house instead of the fields.
What was established by the Articles of Confederation in the United States?
first form of national government
first form of representative democracy
system of checks and balances
three branches of government
Why was the United States Constitution written?
so the colonists would not overthrow the government
lawmakers wanted to make more new laws
to solve the problems of the Articles of Confederation
to make sure that everyone's rights were protected
The executive branch:
Carries out laws
Creates laws
Interprets the laws
Legislative Branch:
Carries out the laws
Creates the laws
Interprets the laws
Judicial Branch
Carries out the laws
Creates the laws
Interprets the laws
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
The President
United States Congress
The Supreme Court
Who is in charge of the Legislative Branch?
The President
United States Congress
The Supreme Court
Who is in charge of the Judicial Branch?
The President
United States Congress
The Supreme Court
What does the legislative branch do?
Write, Debate, Pass Laws
Says if laws are just
What does the judicial branch do?
Write, pass, debate laws
Says if laws are fair
What happened June 1775?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Charleston
King's Mountain
Cowpens
What happened June 1776?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Charleston
King's Mountain
Battle of Cowpens
What happened October 1780?
Charleston
Battle of Cowpens
King's Mountain
Battle of Yorktown
What happened January 1781?
Battle of Yorktown
Charleston
King's Mountain
Battle of Cowpens
What happened October 1781?
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Cowpens
King's Mountain
Charleston
What is the best reason why some South Carolinians did not feel that the colonies should be independent from Great Britain?
They wanted to keep the protection of British Army.
They feared that they would lose the trade relationship with the British.
They wanted the King to acknowledge their colonial governments.
They wanted the King to apologize.
Why was the battle at Kings Mountain important?
All the Loyalists surrendered after the battle.
It was a turning point in the American Revolution.
The British soldiers returned to Britain.
It was the last battle in the American Revolution.
Who led surprise attacks on the British throughout the swampy lowlands? His nickname was the "Swamp Fox"
George Washington
Andrew Pickens
Thomas Sumter
Francis Marion
Who earned the name "The Swampfox" for his fighting style in the swamps against the British?
Francis Marion
Andrew Pickens
Thomas Sumter
George Washington
Who led his men to victory at the Battle of Cowpens?
Francis Marion
Andrew Pickens
Thomas Sumter
George Washington
What was the Treaty of Ninety-Six?
It was an agreement for Loyalists and Patriots in the Backcountry to stay neutral in the war.
It was an agreement signed in 1996.
It was an agreement between ninety-six people.
It was the bloodiest battle in the war with 96 casualties.
