WorksheetsCh. 3: The Spirit of Independence
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Allowed the British to search for smuggled goods.
tea tax
Boston Massacre
writs of assistance
Proclamation of 1763
The war when the British fought the French
The British and Indian War
The French and Indian War
The American and Indian War
The Spanish and Indian War
Who did Ethan Allen lead?
Blue Mountain Boys
Yellow Mountain Boys
Purple Mountain Boys
Green Mountain Boys
Along with Paul Revere and Dr. Prescott, who warned that the British were coming?
William Dawes
George Washington
Ben Franklin
None
What orders did Thomas Gage have?
Take away food from the colonists
Collect taxes from the colonists
Eliminate all Native Americans
Take away all weapons from Massachusetts militia
Who signed the Declaration of Independence first?
Mr. Snook
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
The first commander of the Continental Army
Benedict Arnold
Ethan Allen
Thomas Gage
George Washington
The document that explains why the Americans are choosing a new form of government.
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Olive Branch Petition
What country were the mercenaries mostly from?
Canada
Mexico
France
Germany
What was offered to the king of Great Britain and he refused to accept it?
The Infinity Gauntlet
The Olive Branch Petition
The Declaratory Act
The Bill of Rights
Who came up with the idea of a post office?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Elvis
John Adams
The document that ended French power in North America.
Treaty of New York
Treaty of London
Treaty of Dublin
Treaty of Paris
The British Prime Minister whose military strategy helped defeat the French.
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
William Pitt
None
How did Native Americans help the French during the war?
Giving them food
Selling them weapons
Showing them secret paths
Raiding British settlements
By 1700, who had major powers in North America?
British and French
British and Spanish
French and Spanish
French and Russia
The colonial name for the laws that banned town meetings in New England.
No more meetings Acts
You can't meet anymore Acts
The Boston Massacre
The Intolerable Acts
How many colonists killed during the Boston Massacre?
10
25
42
None
What is a boycott?
A refusal to work
A refusal to purchase (buy)
A refusal to speak
A refusal to blink
The committee of correspondence was used to do what?
A way for colonial governors to write a letter to the king.
A way for colonial governors stay in touch with other colonies by writing letters.
Colonial governors writing letters to themselves.
huh?
Where did colonists dress up as Native Americans and dump 342 chests of tea into the water?
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Why did Parliament send additional troops to Boston?
The colonies were on the brink of rebellion.
The colonies were on the brink of moving to Mexico.
The colonies were on the brink of inventing a weapon of mass destruction.
What does "brink" mean?
Who engraved the event The Boston Massacre?
Mr. Choe
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Paul Revere
Placed a tax on paper goods.
Paper Act
Stamp Act
Coercive Act
Intolerable Act
Placed a tax on sweet items.
Sweet Act
Tea Act
Declaratory Act
Sugar Act
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Edison
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Snook
Thomas Paine
