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SS Unit 4 Study Guide

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which event on the timeline helped to give the Continental Army new resources for fighting?

a)

France joins with the colonies

b)

Winter at Valley Forge

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Treaty of Paris

2.

The Stamp Act and the Sugar Act were passed by the British Parliament to raise money for —

a)

constructing a new royal place west of London

b)

building new ships to patrol the Atlantic Ocean coastline

c)

modernizing the harbor of Boston to permit larger ships

d)

protecting the colonies during the French and Indian War

3.

What is one way the colonists responded to the British government imposing taxes in the colonies?

a)

They passed the Intolerable Acts.

b)

They signed the Mayflower Compact.

c)

They declared war on the French and American Indians.

d)

They dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

4.

No taxation without representation became a popular motto in the British colonies in North America because it was —

a)

printed on pamphlets by the Sons of Liberty

b)

recorded in the Declaration of Independence

c)

a reflection of colonists' feelings about Parliament not respecting them

d)

printed on pamphlets by the Sons of Liberty

5.

What name was given to the activist group of men who acted out in response to the Stamp Act?

a)

Founding Fathers

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Boston Party

d)

Patriots

6.

Thomas Jefferson contributed to the Patriots’ cause by writing the —

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

U.S. Constitution

d)

Treaty of Paris

7.

Which Founding Father is described by the information in the box?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Alexander Hamilton

8.

After the French and Indian War, the size of the British colonies in North America doubled because

a)

France lost most of their colonies in North America

b)

American Indian groups lost land claims in Canada

c)

France sold their land to the colonies in America

d)

British officials encouraged settlement in the West

9.

Americans celebrate the Fourth of July to remember the-

a)

Creation of the Bill of Rights

b)

beginning of the American Revolution

c)

signing of the Declaration of Independence

d)

beginning of the Civil War

10.

What song was made popular by British soldiers trying to mock the American colonists?

a)

"wheels on the Bus"

b)

“Paul Revere’s Ride”

c)

”Yankee Doodle”

d)

"God Save the Queen"

11.

Which Founding Father is described by the information in the box?

a)


John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Benjamin Franklin

12.

After the war, the new nation needed a set of guidelines for how it would work. The first written set of these guidelines was known as the —

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Stamp Acts

13.

Despite significant inaccuracies, which 1860 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow created a national legend about the beginning of the Revolutionary War?

a)

"O Captain! My Captain!"

b)

American the Beautiful

c)

Paul Revere's Ride

d)

Sweet Caroline