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Liberty’s Kids episodes 1,2,3,4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

James cheers as a sailor is tarred and ___________.

a)

kicked

b)

feathered

c)

pushed

2.

Samuel Adams and his cousin _______ Adams are creating pamphlets for Boston

a)

George

b)

Nick

c)

John

3.

Colonists that defend the Parliament are known as ________.

a)

Tories/Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Redcoats

4.
James lost his family as a baby when their house was struck by _________ and burned. 
a)
lightning
b)
thunder
c)
tornado
5.

The colonists called the ______ Acts the Intolerable Acts. 

a)

Tax

b)
Tea
c)
Townshend
6.
James learns that the colonists are being forced to take the British soldiers into their homes to give them food and shelter if they knock on the door. Which Act is this? 
a)
Quartering
b)
Stamp
c)
Coercive
7.
Dr. Ben Franklin owns a newspaper called the _________ Gazette.
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Franklin
c)
Boston
8.
The British have closed the harbor.  They are ________ Boston.
a)
occupying
b)
bombing
c)
loving
9.

James and Henri see hundreds of ________ getting off the ships in Boston Harbor.

a)

Seals

b)

Redcoats (British Soldiers)

c)

Pretty girls

10.

A member of the British Parliament says that Dr. Benjamin Franklin is a ___________.

a)

scoundrel

b)

problem

c)

traitor

d)

diplomat

11.

Sarah is shocked to learn that Phillis Wheatley is a ____________.

a)

poet

b)

dress maker

c)

slave

d)

woman

12.

They wanted "No taxation without _______________"

a)

a vote

b)

representation

c)

getting a part of it

d)

resentment

13.

The colonists dressed as __________, snuck onto ships, and threw tea into Boston Harbor as a protest to the Tea Act.

a)

Mohawk Indians

b)

Powhatan Indians

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Aliens

14.

The Boston colonists felt that the Sugar Act, ______________, Boston Massacre, and now the Tea Act were unfair.

a)

Paper Act

b)

Card Act

c)

Stamp Act

15.

The colonists in Boston that were upset with Parliament and the king were called the ______________________.

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Sons of Freedom

c)

Daughters of the American Revolution

d)

Daughters of Liberty

16.

Sarah is headed for Philadelphia, but ends up in ___________ due to a storm.

a)

Pittsburgh

b)

New York City

c)

Jamestown

d)

Boston

17.

Sarah Philips is on a boat to the colonies. Who will she be staying with?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Her father

d)

Thomas Jefferson

18.

In his speech, Patrick Henry said, "As for me, give me liberty or give me_________.

a)

Freedom

b)

Death

c)

Land

19.

8. Patrick Henry tried to convince Americans that the only way to gain freedom from Britain was to do what?

a)

beg for forgiveness

b)

retreat

c)

fight

d)

hide

20.

They came across the brother of Moses at a ________________.

a)

slave auction

b)

farm

c)

shipyard

21.

__________ cannot wait to hear Patrick Henry speak.

a)

James

b)

Moses

c)

Sarah

22.

Patrick Henery was a

a)

lawyer

b)

delegate to the continental congress

c)

Patriot

d)

All of the above

23.

Moses does not want to stop at the farm because the workers are _______

a)
slaves
b)

Mean

c)

Babies

d)

French

24.

How do they initially want to save Moses' brother, Cato?

a)

Kidnap him from the auction block

b)

Buy him

c)

Hide him in their wagon

25.

Moses was released because James and Sarah showed paperwork showing that Moses was free and worked for Benjamin Franklin.

a)

True

b)

False