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Illinois History Unit Lessons 5 & 6 Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Present day Illinois was ruled by Great Britain after the Treaty of _______.

a)

Paris

b)

London

c)

New Orleans

2.

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.

a)

New Orleans

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Appalachian

d)

Great Lakes

3.

Chief Pontiac and his tribe of Ottawa attacked ______ which was the largest and most important fort in present-day Michigan.

a)

Fort Chicago

b)

Fort Detroit

c)

Fort Charles

d)

Fort Colony

4.

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.

a)

killed British soldiers

b)

stole food

c)

shot women and children as they ran away

d)

captured British soldiers and settlers

e)

scalped people

5.

King George of Great Britain wanted to end the fighting between _____ and _____

a)

French and colonists

b)

British and French

c)

colonists and Native Americans

d)

French and Native Americans

6.

Where was the Proclamation Line?

a)

Near the Great Lakes

b)

New Orleans

c)

London

d)

Appalachian Mountains

7.

Colonists that lived _____ of this line were ordered to move immediately. The colonists were angry.

a)

west

b)

north

c)

south

d)

east

8.

The French and Indian War and protecting the colonists from Indian attacks was very expensive. The British thought that ________ should pay for them.

a)

colonists

b)

Native Americans

c)

British

9.

Great Britain forced the colonists to _____

a)

No longer print their own money

b)

Pay taxes on coffee, paper, sugar, wine, glass and tea

c)

Pay for supplies for soldiers that lived with them

d)

all of the above

10.

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

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Fights

c)

Boston V. British

d)

Boston Massacre

e)

Boston Triumph

11.

Which of these summarizes the Boston Tea Party:

a)

Colonists threw things at the British soldiers; 5 colonists were killed

b)

A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans threw boxes of tea into Boston Harbor

12.

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.

a)

Harbor was closed until tea was paid for

b)

colonists had to pay for supplies for soldiers staying with them

c)

colonists could not make their own laws

d)

British soldiers were sent back to Boston

13.

The colonists began to train for war. Men were expected to join local military groups. They got the name _____.

a)

Minutemen

b)

Tea Traders

c)

Army Guys

d)

Lobsterbacks

14.

What TWO things were stored at the villages of Lexington and Concord?

a)

plates and napkins

b)

tea and sugar

c)

weapons and gunpowder

d)

dogs and cats

15.

The American Revolution began. The colonists were fighting for

a)

intolerable

b)

independence

c)

idealism

d)

imbalance

16.

Battles were even fought in present-day Illinois. George Rogers Clark and his men took ________ from the British.

a)

Fort Hood

b)

Fort Benning

c)

Fort Massac

d)

Fort Kaskaskia

17.

When the Revolutionary War was over, the United States owned land from the Atlantic Coast in the east to the _____ in the west.

a)

Ohio River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains