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Chapter 5 Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 2hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lesson 1: What is Parliament?

a)

The colonists' government; colonists represented the group.

b)

Great Britain's government; colonists did not represent the group.

c)

King George

d)

A form of government ran by George Washington.

2.

Why did Britain tax the colonists?

a)

Britain had to pay them, so it was only fair that the colonists had to pay them too.

b)

The colonists asked to be independent and King George got mad.

c)

Great Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War.

d)

The colonists were protesting and boycotting King George so he wanted to remind them who is in charge.

3.

In your own words, who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

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4.

The (a)   placed a tax on all paper products in the colonies.

5.

What does it mean to boycott?

a)

To cancel

b)

When people act together and refuse to use or buy something.

c)

To tax products

d)

When people disagree on something.

6.

Parliament eventually repealed, or cancelled, both the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act except for the tax on wool.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Lesson 2: Which description best fits what the Boston Massacre was?

a)

Men got together and through tons of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor.

b)

Tensions grew so much between the British soldiers and the Colonists that shots were fired and colonists were killed.

c)

The ongoing rebellion, or rioting, from the colonists.

d)

Colonists would make fake stamp collectors and hang them from trees, called effigies.

8.

Which of the following describes how Great Britain reacted to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Great Britain did not care about the tea party because they were not affected.

b)

Riots and protests soon began in Great Britain.

c)

King George moved to North America and demanded the beginning of a Revolutionary War.

d)

British Navy ships blocked the Boston Harbor so no goods could be traded in or out.

9.

Loyalists were people who..

a)

wanted America to become an independent country

b)

participated in the Boston Tea Party

c)

did not want to part with Great Britain/sided with King George

d)

were Loyal to the Native Americans

10.

Using just a sentence or two, what was the Boston Tea Party?

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11.

Lesson 3: Who was assigned the task of writing The Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Paul Revere

12.

Overall, what does the Declaration of Independence say?

a)

It states that the British and the colonists should start a war to decide who owns North America.

b)

It states that the colonists would like to make peace with King George.

c)

It states that King George has treated the colonists unfairly, and so the colonists would like to be an independent nation.

d)

It states that women have the right to vote.

13.

What does the Declaration of Independence NOT talk about?

a)

The rights of women, African Americans, and Native Americans

b)

Freedom and equality for all

c)

The ways King George treated the colonists unfairly

d)

What people should do if their government isn't treating them fairly

14.

The two main groups fighting the Revolutionary War

a)

Native Americans & The British

b)

The Spanish & The Continental Army

c)

The Continental Army & The French

d)

The British & the Continental Army

15.

Please LIST just one strength that the British Army had over the Continental Army.

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16.

Who won the Revolutionary War?

a)

Great Britain

b)

The French and The Dutch

c)

The American Colonists (Continental Army)

d)

King George

17.

Who had greater CHANCES of winning the Revolutionary War between the American Colonists and Great Britain?

a)

The American Colonists

b)

Great Britain