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Chains 1-5 Vocab & Historical Background

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The American colonists fighting for the revolution were called...

(a)  

2.

highly infectious disease known for the small pocks that formed on the patient's skin;

a)

chicken bumps

b)

smallpocks

c)

covid

d)

gentry

3.

walkway onto and off of a ship

a)

gangplank

b)

will

c)

livery

d)

hatchway

4.

The Revolutionary War started in this year...

a)

1770

b)

1783

c)

1781

d)

1775

5.

Colonists fighting FOR Britain were called...

(a)  

6.

The Revolutionary War officially ended in which year?

(a)  

7.

a legal document in which a person states who should receive their possessions after they die

a)

Providence

b)

Gentry

c)

Will

d)

The Stamp Act

8.

a supreme ruler; someone with political authority.

a)

gangplank

b)

gentry

c)

sovereign

d)

providence

9.

willing to do what someone tells you to do or to follow a law, rule, etc.

a)

cahoots

b)

obedience

c)

insolence

d)

tory

10.

rude or impolite : having or showing a lack of respect for other people

a)

obedience

b)

insolence

c)

will

d)

loyalists

11.

the protective care of God/nature as a spiritual power; fate

a)

common sense

b)

patriot

c)

continental

d)

providence

12.

the opening in a ship’s deck to reach the lower levels is called a

(a)  

13.

the system of ropes and cables that support the ship’s masts and sails is called the...

(a)  

14.

special uniform worn by servants, especially coachmen is called...

a)

livery

b)

gentry

c)

smallpox

d)

sovereign

15.

A British coin worth one pound is called a...

a)

gentry

b)

sovereign

c)

penny

d)

solitude

16.

people of the upper class, next below the nobility in position and birth

a)

livery

b)

liberty

c)

sovereign

d)

gentry

17.

a slang word for a loyalist

(a)  

18.

conspiring together in secret

(a)  

19.

a large body of troops ready for battle, usually led by a lieutenant colonel

(a)  

20.

Who led the Continental Army?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

General Cornwallis

c)

George Washington

d)

William Howe