WorksheetsChains 1-5 Vocab & Historical Background
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
The American colonists fighting for the revolution were called...
(a)
highly infectious disease known for the small pocks that formed on the patient's skin;
chicken bumps
smallpocks
covid
gentry
walkway onto and off of a ship
gangplank
will
livery
hatchway
The Revolutionary War started in this year...
1770
1783
1781
1775
Colonists fighting FOR Britain were called...
(a)
The Revolutionary War officially ended in which year?
(a)
a legal document in which a person states who should receive their possessions after they die
Providence
Gentry
Will
The Stamp Act
a supreme ruler; someone with political authority.
gangplank
gentry
sovereign
providence
willing to do what someone tells you to do or to follow a law, rule, etc.
cahoots
obedience
insolence
tory
rude or impolite : having or showing a lack of respect for other people
obedience
insolence
will
loyalists
the protective care of God/nature as a spiritual power; fate
common sense
patriot
continental
providence
the opening in a ship’s deck to reach the lower levels is called a
(a)
the system of ropes and cables that support the ship’s masts and sails is called the...
(a)
special uniform worn by servants, especially coachmen is called...
livery
gentry
smallpox
sovereign
A British coin worth one pound is called a...
gentry
sovereign
penny
solitude
people of the upper class, next below the nobility in position and birth
livery
liberty
sovereign
gentry
a slang word for a loyalist
(a)
conspiring together in secret
(a)
a large body of troops ready for battle, usually led by a lieutenant colonel
(a)
Who led the Continental Army?
Thomas Paine
General Cornwallis
George Washington
William Howe
