WorksheetsIllinois History Unit Lessons 5 & 6 Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Present day Illinois was ruled by Great Britain after the Treaty of _______.
Paris
London
New Orleans
After the French and Indian War, some of the Native Americans that had fought for the French were now living in British Territory. The ones that lived in the _____ region banded together to drive out the British.
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Appalachian
Great Lakes
Chief Pontiac and his tribe of Ottawa attacked ______ which was the largest and most important fort in present-day Michigan.
Fort Chicago
Fort Detroit
Fort Charles
Fort Colony
The British learned of the attack and were ready. Chief Pontiac and his men went away and returned two days later. What did they do? Consider carefully. Check only those that apply.
killed British soldiers
stole food
shot women and children as they ran away
captured British soldiers and settlers
scalped people
King George of Great Britain wanted to end the fighting between _____ and _____
French and colonists
British and French
colonists and Native Americans
French and Native Americans
Where was the Proclamation Line?
Near the Great Lakes
New Orleans
London
Appalachian Mountains
Colonists that lived _____ of this line were ordered to move immediately. The colonists were angry.
west
north
south
east
The French and Indian War and protecting the colonists from Indian attacks was very expensive. The British thought that ________ should pay for them.
colonists
Native Americans
British
Great Britain forced the colonists to _____
No longer print their own money
Pay taxes on coffee, paper, sugar, wine, glass and tea
Pay for supplies for soldiers that lived with them
all of the above
When British troops were sent to calm down the angry colonists, the colonists called them names, and threw things at them. When the soldiers fired their guns back, 5 colonists died. This event is known as
Boston Tea Party
Boston Fights
Boston V. British
Boston Massacre
Boston Triumph
Which of these summarizes the Boston Tea Party:
Colonists threw things at the British soldiers; 5 colonists were killed
A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans threw boxes of tea into Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party made King George III very angry. He passed several more laws to punish the colonists, called the Intolerable Acts. What did they include? Choose all that apply.
Harbor was closed until tea was paid for
colonists had to pay for supplies for soldiers staying with them
colonists could not make their own laws
British soldiers were sent back to Boston
The colonists began to train for war. Men were expected to join local military groups. They got the name _____.
Minutemen
Tea Traders
Army Guys
Lobsterbacks
What TWO things were stored at the villages of Lexington and Concord?
plates and napkins
tea and sugar
weapons and gunpowder
dogs and cats
The American Revolution began. The colonists were fighting for
intolerable
independence
idealism
imbalance
Battles were even fought in present-day Illinois. George Rogers Clark and his men took ________ from the British.
Fort Hood
Fort Benning
Fort Massac
Fort Kaskaskia
When the Revolutionary War was over, the United States owned land from the Atlantic Coast in the east to the _____ in the west.
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
