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Worksheets5th Social Studies - Chapter 6 Concepts and People
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 36mins
This person said that the colonies should unite to fight the French
George Washington
John Adams
King George III
Benjamin Frankin
This person created the Proclamation of 1763 which said that all lands west of the Appalachinan Mountains belonged to the Native Americans
King George III
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
This person did not agree with the Stamp Act and wrote plays that accused British leaders of being greedy
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
This person was accused of treason, working against his own government
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
This person organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston speaking out against laws and orders issued by the King and British Parliament
George Washington
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Paul Revere
This person was an African American sailor who was the first person killed fighting for the colonies' freedom in the Boston Mossacre
Crispus Attucks
Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
A Boston silversmith who made a picture of the Boston Massacre and titled it, "The Bloody Massacre" and later rode a horse, warning colonists, "The British are coming!"
Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
The wife of John Adams, who supported the Patriot cause
Charity Clark
Anne Green
Abigail Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
After the Boston Tea Party, a British General who all town meetings had to be approved by and helped enforce the Quartering Act
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Thomas Gage
Samuel Adams
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Crispus Attucks
A leader of the Sons of Libery in Massachusetts and signed the Declaration of Independence so large that King George could read it without his glasses on
George Washington
Crispus Attucks
King George III
John Hancock
Member of the Continental Congress who helped write the Articles of Confederation
John Adams
John Dickinson
King George III
Crispus Attucks
Massachusetts leader who served as a member of Congress and later as the second President of the United States
Samuel Adams
George Washington
John Adams
King George III
This person wrote the pamphet "Common Sense"
Thomas Jefferson
Richard Henry Lee
Abigail Adams
Thomas Paine
The man who rose from his chair at the Second Continental Congress and told the delegates that the 13 colonies no longer owed loyalty to the king
King George III
Crispus Attucks
Richard Henry Lee
King George II
A 33 year old lawyer who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jeffferson
Richard Henry Lee
The Ohio Valley stretches along the Ohio River from the
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Range
Sierra Nevada
Choose two: The British saw the Ohio Valley as an area for
ranching
trade
farming
growth
The French wanted the Ohio Valley becasue it connected their lands to
Louisiana
Mexico
Massachusetts
Georgia
What year did the French and Indian War begin
1752
1751
1753
1754
The Native Americans mostly fought for the
Europeans
French
colonies
British
In July 1754, colonial leaders met at
Fr. Duquesne
Philadelphia
Albany
New York City
Who said that the colonies should united and fight the French?
George Washington
King George III
Benjamin Franklin
Crispus Attucks
Who was 21 years old and led the Virginians to take the Ohio Valley from the French?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Crispus Attucks
King George III
Who was the general that led the British?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Edward Braddok
King George III
British soldiers had been trained to fight in ____ fields
wheat
corn
dark
open
Choose two: The French fought from behind
houses
hills
trees
rocks
The French and Indian War traveled to
Mexico
Europe
Canada
Africa
Who joined France to fight against Britain?
Italy
Spain
Germany
New Mexico
France gave Spain most of
Mexico
Europe
Texas
Louisiana
What year did the French and Indian War end?
1770
1763
1762
1780
Choose three: The Treaty of Paris gave Britan most of
land east of the Mississippi River
Canada
Mexico
Spanish Florida
King George III made a proclamation that said all lands ___ of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to the Native Americans
North
South
East
West
What was Britain's plan to help pay for the war?
have a party
ask for money
tax the colonists
have a fundraiser
What did the Sugar Act tax?
cookies
candy
sugar
molasses
The Sugar Act mostly hurt _____ businesses
merchant
downtown
rural
shipping
The Stamp Act taxed
legal documents
sugar
playing cards
newspapers
"No taxation without ________"
governments
taxes
goods
representation
A group of Men and Women working against the taxes
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Men of Liberty
Women of Liberty
Sons for the King
Women for the King
We will not tolerate this Group
This Act said that Briatin had the "full power" to make laws
Townshend Act
Stamp Act
Quarter Act
Declaratory Act
The Townshend Acts taxed
Sugar and Molasses
Newspapers and legal documents
Tea, glass, paint, imports
Tea and paint
What did the colonists call British's bright red jackets?
lobsters and red paint
redcoats and Clifford
lobsters and shrimp
redcoats and lobsters
March 5, 1770, angry colonists threw ___ at British soldiers
rocks and dirt
tennis balls and rocks
sand and dirt
snowballs and rocks
This Act game a monopoly of tea to the East India Company
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Declratory Act
At the Boston Tea Party, about how many members of the Sons of Liberty marched to the Boston Harbor?
100
200
250
150
About how many chests of tea were dumped?
400
300
200
100
What harbor was closed after the Boston Tea Party
Albany
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Which two things did the Quarter Act require?
provide food
provide a warm fire
provide housing
provide laundry service
The Coersive Acts were also known as the
Intolerable Acts
Acceptable Acts
Unacceptable Acts
Stamp Act
Where did the First and Second Continental Congress meet?
Albany
New York City
Louisiana
Philadelpha
General _____ heard that Samuel Adams and John Hancock were meetin gin Lexington, so he sent over British soldiers
Lee
Gage
Washington
Franklin
Who found out the plan and rode his horse warning the British were coming?
General Gage
General Lee
Benjamin Franklin
Paul Revere
"Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have war, let it ____ here."
end
begin
start
finish
the shot fired at Lexington is known as the "shot heard 'round the _____"
country
city
world
harbor
Choose three: Congress asked each colony to give money to the Continental Army for...
taxes
guns
food
uniforms
June 17, 1775 what took place?
start of the French and Indian War
end of the French and Indian War
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Bunker Hill
"Don't fire until you see the ____ of their eyes"
pupils
whites
color
inner part
The Britsh won the Battle of Bunker Hill, but lost more than ___ British soldiers
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Congress sent a petition to King George known as the
Congress Peace Treaty
Olive Branch Petition
Peaceful Petition
Dove Branch Petition
Thomas Paine suggested colonists should rule themselves in
Common PRoblems
Common Ground
Common Sense
Common Knowledge
"These united colonies are, and of right outght to be, free and ___ states"
fun
independent
crazy
lazy
Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Abigail Adams
John Adams
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all people are created equal, that they are endowed [provided] by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are __, Liberty, and Happiness."
Love
Life
Fun
Freedom
What was the longest part of the Declaration of Independence?
preamble
conclusion
grievances
agreement
Independence Day is celebrated on
July 1st
July 2nd
July 3rd
July 4
Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
The Second Continental Congress set up a committee to plan how to unite the 13 states. This first plan of government was called
Articles of Concord
Articles of the Confederation
Articles of the States
Articles of the Colonies
Each state, whether large or small, had __ vote(s) in Congress
One
Two
Three
Four
The Articles limited the powers of the _____ governement
colonial
state
national
world
