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Colonies and Rebels

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a monarchy, (a)   rules.

Choose from the below words
The people
King or Queen
A single person
One or more religious groups
2.

(a)   was America's most valuable resource.

Choose from the below words
land
gold
bison
slaves
3.

Jamestown was the first successful colony. What year did the first colonists try to settle there?

a)

1607

b)

1512

c)

1655

d)

1776

4.

John Rolfe brought (a)   with him to Jamestown. It made the colony successful.

Choose from the below words
Pocahontas
gentlemen
gold finding equipment
tobacco
5.

The group of settlers that established the Massachusetts Bay Colony were (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Puritans
Spanish
Pilgrims
6.

How were the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay settlers different from the Jamestown settler?

a)

They came for reasons of faith/religious freed instead of commercial reasons.

b)

They outnumbered the Jamestown settlers 5 to 1.

c)

They were from Spain not England.

d)

There was no difference.

7.

Which states were part of the Middle Colonies? Check all that apply.

a)

New York

b)

New Jersey

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

VIrginia

e)

Delaware

8.

Which were the Southern colonies? Check all that apply.

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

North and South Carolina

d)

Georgia

e)

Delaware

9.

 In Maryland, Lord Baltimore announces that he is a Catholic.

Why is the King of England unhappy about that?

4 lines
10.

believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment

a)

entitled

b)

civil rights

c)

unauthorized

d)

justified

11.

A (a)   is the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, especially referring to the western US before Pacific settlement

12.

When Frontier folk started having violent fights with Natives on the frontier, the colonists asked their governor for help, but he didn’t help. Why not?

4 lines
13.

What did James Oglethorpe want to do with debtors in Georgia?

a)

work themselves out of debt instead of being in debtors' prison

b)

jail them for 6 months

c)

put the family of the man in jail, and make him work to pay his debt

d)

burn them at the stake

14.

Label the 3 regions.

15.

At first, England really wanted ​ (a)   from the colonies since it was so abundant in America. Hint: a natural resource.

Choose from the below words
human flesh
tobacco
wheat
lumber
16.

Years, in fact 168 years, go by and in 1775 England declares the colonies in a state of rebellion. The colonists resented not having a voice in the ______ that was ruling over them.

a)

Parliament (England's law making branch)

b)

Church of England

c)

local taverns

d)

courts

17.

What was the main reason the colonists in Massachusetts refused to pay taxes?

a)

they were not able to afford the taxes

b)

they were not represented in the British Parliament

c)

they were not aware of their obligation to pay taxes

d)

they had issues coordinating tax payments among the colonies

18.

The murder of five colonists by British soldiers became known as the (a)   .

Choose from the below words
the Boston Tea Party
the Boston Murder
the Boston Massacre
the Boston Red Sox
19.

The British repealed (revoked or took away) all taxes but one, which was (a)   .

Choose from the below words
The stamp act.
The tea tax.
The sugar act.
The quartering act.
20.

What was the colonists response to the tea tax?

a)

war

b)

They sent all the tea back to England.

c)

They dumped the tea in the Boston harbor.

d)

They started only drinking water and coffee.

21.
What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party?
a)
They shut down Boston harbor
b)
They gave up control of the colonies
c)
They executed the colonists involved 
d)
They wrote a strongly worded note asking the colonists to clean up the tea
22.

Choose the statement that best describes the Battle of Lexington.

a)

No one knows who fired the first shot.

b)

The British succeeded in a surprise attack on the colonists.

c)

The colonists lost the majority of their soldiers.

23.

The British soldiers marched towards Lexington & Concord to (a)  

Choose from the below words
capture a stockpile of weapons from
capture the stockpile of  toba
end slavery in the colonies
partake in a dance battle of epic p
24.

(a)   won the Battle of Concord.

Choose from the below words
the British 
the redcoats
the colonists
the squirrels
25.

We know that the guerilla attacks on the British were effective in the Battle of Concord because (a)   .

Choose from the below words
The militias retreated.
The British immediately surrendered
1/3 of British soldiers were killed
Because George Washington said so.
26.

The Nightriders helped the colonists by (a)  

Choose from the below words
They didn't
They spread news of events faster
They cut down on traffic
They kept the towns safe at night
27.

The colonists prepared for war by (a)  

Choose from the below words
publishing more newspapers
creating local militias
creating a new tax to raise money f
giving every man a horse and weapon
28.
In the beginning, did the Continental Congress want to have peace or war with the British?
a)
a hybrid of the two called "weace"
b)
war
c)
peace
d)
they just wanted a continental breakfast