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4th Grade SS Review #2

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 5hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What 2 countries fought against each other in the French and Indian War?

a)

China and Great Britain

b)

Great Britain and France

c)

America and France

2.

Which side did most of the Native Americans join to help fight?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

America

3.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Both sides surrendered

4.

What area of land did Great Britain gain control over?

a)

All of the land around the Appalachian Mountains

b)

The Thirteen Colonies

c)

The land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.

5.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

A law that stated that the American Indians would have to move off their land.

b)

A law that stated the newly acquired territory of the Ohio River Valley would be set aside for the American Indians and the colonists couldn't move there.

c)

A law that stated that the colonists could move to any territory that they wanted to.

6.

What did the British Parliament decide to do to help pay off the war debt?

a)

They decided to create several acts, or laws, that would help Great Britain pay off the debt.

b)

They decided to make France pay off all the debt.

c)

The King decided that he was going to pay off all the debt himself.

7.

What is one way the French and Indian War contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution?

a)

The American colonists gained a sense of unity.

b)

The British lost interest in their American colonies.

c)

The American Indians became colonial allies.

8.

What is the relationship between these two maps?

a)

North America before and after the American Revolution

b)

North America before and after the founding of Jamestown

c)

North America before and after the French and Indian War.

9.

Why did Benjamin Franklin create this political cartoon?

a)

He wanted the colonists to fight against each other during the French and Indian War.

b)

He wanted to urge the colonists to unite during the French and Indian War.

c)

He wanted to use snakes to help win the war.

10.

Match the acts to the tax or law they put in place:

a)

Sugar Act

1.

Sugar taxed unless from England

b)

Stamp Act

2.

All paper needs special stamp

c)

Townshend Act

3.

Goods like glass and paint were taxed

d)

Tea Act

4.

Can only buy tea from East India Tea Co.

e)

Intolerable Acts

5.

Acts given after Boston Tea party

11.

Put the acts in chronological order.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Tea Act

e)

Intolerable Acts

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
12.

King George started ​ (a)   the colonies to get back money that was spent during the ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
taxing
French and Indian War
War of 1812
fighting
Civil War
singing to
13.

Sort the options into the correct category:

Categorize the following

Wants freedom from England and King George

Loyal to King George and to England

Elite soldiers that needed to be ready to fight quickly

Group of men fighting for freedom in the colonies

Loyalist
Patriot
Minutemen
Sons of Liberty
14.

What was the Quartering Act?

a)

Colonists had to house British soldiers and provide for them

b)

No good would be sent to colonies until tea was paid for

c)

If you chose to go to court against Britain, you would have to go to England

d)

Sugar from countries besides England were taxed

15.

What started the Boston Massacre?

a)

An argument and a snowball fight

b)

A colonist attacked a soldier outside a post office

c)

British soldiers caught colonists smuggling goods

d)

King George told British soldiers to attack them

16.

What did the colonists do to rebel against the Tea Act?

a)

They started a fight with British soldiers

b)

They wrote King George a letter complaining about the taxes

c)

They boycotted the tea and threw tea off the ships, which was called the Boston Tea Party

d)

They smuggled tea from India into the country to sell in secret

17.

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

a)

To choose a president for the colonies

b)

To write the Declaration of Independence

c)

To decide how to respond to the Intolerable Acts

d)

To choose a group of men to send to England to fight the king

18.

_________ and _________ were competing to be the most powerful nations in Europe.

a)

Mexico and Spain

b)

France and Great Britain

c)

Great Britain and Italy

19.

Tensions grew by the early 1750's because Britain and France both claimed ___________.

a)

Lake Wateree

b)

Catawba River

c)

Ohio River Valley

20.

Identify the cause of the French and Indian War.

a)

The French were making the Indians pay taxes.

b)

The French were using too many slaves.

c)

George Washington asked the French to leave the valley and the French refused.

21.

The result of the Treaty of Paris was ......

a)

Great Britain claimed all of France's colonies in North America.

b)

Great Britain gave up and surrendered.

c)

Great Britain declared another war.

22.

In 1765 Parliament passed the Stamp Act. This tax forced colonists to buy stamps for all of the following except ____________.

a)

wills

b)

playing cards

c)

journals

d)

tea

23.

The Sons of Liberty planned to boycott British good. Boycott means to refuse to buy goods and services.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

8. After Patrick Henry spoke out about the tax, the British government repealed (or canceled) the tax. Then they decided to raise taxes another way. This is when the Townshend Acts were put into place which was a tax against all of the following except ____________.

a)

tea

b)

glass

c)

paint

d)

newspapers

25.

The Boston Massacre occurred because of _______.

a)

British thought the colonists were out of control.

b)

Residents were forced to allow soldiers to stay in their homes.

c)

All of these are reasons for the Boston Massacre.

d)

Angry colonists began to tease the British soldiers.

26.

On the night of Dec. 16, about 50 members of the Sons of Liberty dumped the ships' cargoes of tea overboard. This was known as the famous _______________.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

27.

What was the effect of the Quartering Act?

a)

It allowed the colonies to print money.

b)

It divided the colonies into four districts.

c)

Colonists had to feed and house British soldiers.

d)

Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachians.

28.

Most of the acts of Parliament toward the colonies involved

a)

paper

b)

taxes

c)

tea

d)

troops

29.

What did the Stamp Act tax?

a)

stamps

b)

newspapers

c)

paper products

d)

letters to England

30.

What was one role of the British Parliament in the colonies?

a)

to ship goods

b)

to collect taxes

c)

to enforce laws

d)

to protect colonists

31.

Complete the sentence: 'No taxation without

a)

explanation

b)

negotiation

c)

representation

d)

regulation

32.

Why did Parliament raise taxes only in the American colonies? Choose all that apply.

a)

They felt that the colonists benefited from the war, so they should pay the cost.

b)

It was to help the colonists get settled in their new land.

c)

They did not have enough money to pay for the French and Indian War.

d)

It gave the colonists the right to vote.

33.

What were the advantages for each side

a)

France- Native american allies, set up ambushes, only one government

b)

Britain more skilled troops, had militias, could grown their own food.

c)

a & b

d)

none of the above

34.

Who was winning at the beginning of the war?

a)

China

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

India

35.

How did the war end​ (a)   ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
Britain seized an important fort.
France surrended an signed the treaty of Paris
France Surrended and signed the treaty of Paris
China invaded
British soldiers died
France Surrended and signed the treaty of Paris
36.

What were the results of the war

a)

Britain not only had control of 13 colonies, but had Canada and Louisiana

b)

France no longer owned land in America

c)

China won

d)

Two answers are correct

37.

Match the following

a)

Townshend Act

1.

taxes on important goods

b)

What was the effect of townshend act

2.

a Boycot

c)

What were the roles of colonial women

3.

Make their own tea. Daughters of liberty formed

d)

Boston massacre

4.

angry colonist surround british soldiers and fired into the crowd killing 5 americans.

e)

Committee of Correspondence

5.

The colonies wrote to inform each other about protests and delivered them express riders on horses

38.

What did Patrick Henry say in his speech

a)

Give a cheeseburger or give me fries

b)

Give me liberty or give me death

c)

Give life or give me death

d)

give, give, give

39.

the war fought between the British Colonies and the British Empire for Americans’ freedom; changing government to form a new one

a)

American Revolution

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

French Revolution

d)

Townshend Act

40.

1773- colonists dressed up as American Indians, boarded British tea ships, and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor

a)

American Revolution

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

French Revolution

d)

Townshend Act

41.

a refusal to buy them in order to make a point

a)

boycotts

b)

stamp act

c)

townshend acts

d)

tea act

42.

another name for the Intolerable Acts; means to use threats to make someone do something

a)

Coercive Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Townshends Act

43.

1774- British Parliament passed several laws to punish colonists; too bad or awful to be accepted

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

boycott

c)

Townsheands Act

d)

Tea Act

44.

after the french and Indian war:

a)

more british soldiers in colonies to “protect” colonists from American Indian attacks; more taxes directly from Britain— angered colonists

b)

more french soldiers in colonies to “protect” colonists from American Indian attacks; more taxes directly from Britain— angered the colonists

45.

The Sugar Act

a)

tax on sugar and molasses; additional money went to British government

b)

tax on sugar and molasses; additional money went to the French government

46.

The Stamp Act

a)

1765; certain papers (ex/newspapers, books, letters, marriage…). had to have stamps; costly

b)

1755; certain papers (ex/newspapers, books, letters, marriage…). had to have stamps; costly

47.

how did they protest?

a)

angry about taxes; refused to pay stamp tax; wrote letters to king; sons of liberty; daughters of liberty; boycott; colonists angry with no say in taxes; no “voice” in Britain— but still affected by laws made by Parliament Cry—meaning: We wont pay taxes until allowed to help make laws

b)

angry about taxes; refused to pay stamp tax; wrote letters to king; sons of liberty; daughters of liberty; boycott; colonists angry with no say in taxes; had a “voice” in Britain— but still affected by laws made by Parliament Cry—meaning: We wont pay taxes until allowed to help make laws

48.

Townshend Act

a)

1767- taxes on lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea; colonists were very unhappy

b)

1776- taxes on sugar, tea, china, and paper; colonists we very unhappy

49.

The Boston Massacre

a)

March 5, 1770; angry colonists vs british guard; started with snowball fight; 5 colonists killed; parliament ended most of townshend acts except tax on tea

b)

March 5, 1774; angry colonists vs british guard; started with fist fight; 5 colonists killed; parliament ended most of townshend acts except tax on tea

50.

the boston tea party

a)

late dec. 1773; sons of liberty dressed up as american indians; dumped up 300 heavy chests of tea in harbor; ruined thousands of dollars’ worth of tea; other colonies protested

b)

late dec. 1773; sons of liberty dressed up as british; dumped up 300 heavy chests of tea in harbor; ruined thousands of dollars’ worth of tea; other colonies protested

51.

the intolerable acts (coercive)

a)

british government response to boston tea party; passed in 1774; several laws: closed boston port. broken up bostons goverenment, quartering act, thoughts colonists would follow law— instead it made them angrier

b)

british government response to boston tea party; passed in 1774; several laws: opened boston port. broken up bostons goverenment, quartering act, thoughts colonists not to follow law— instead it made them angrier

52.

How did the british treat the american colonists after the french and indian war

a)

unfairly, more troops to colonies, more taxes, colonists no happy

b)

unfairly, less troops to colonies, less taxes, colonists were happy

53.

How did colonists protest british taxes? Were these methods effective?

a)

boycott, letter to king, yes or no…taxes repealed, but then more added

b)

boycott, letter to king, yes or no…taxes repealed, but then less added

54.

why were the british colonists so angry about the tax laws passed by the british

a)

they didnt have a say in the british government

b)

they had a say in the british government

55.

During the Seven Years' War, the British fought the French for control of

a)

the Pacific northwest

b)

the southwest

c)

the Louisiana Purchase

d)

the Ohio River Valley

56.

3. What was the name of the new tax that required American colonists to pay more for every piece of printed paper they used?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Tea Act

57.

Why did King George lll make colonists start paying new taxes?

a)

The king needed new shoes.

b)

The French wanted to build a new castle.

c)

The British needed a new navy.

d)

England believed the colonists should pay for the debt accumulated from the Seven Years' War.

58.

What does repealed mean?

a)

To peal again

b)

Taken away

c)

To repeat

d)

To write something down

59.

Why were the Townshend laws repealed?

a)

No one liked the law

b)

The Parliament was angry with the colonists

c)

They weren’t making enough money

d)

The result of successful colonial boycotts

60.

1. What was the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans boarded the British ship in Boston and threw the tea overboard

b)

The British soldiers boarded the British ship in Boston and dumped the tea overboard

c)

The colonists living in Boston had a big party and drank a lot of tea.

d)

The colonists living in Boston boarded a ship in the harbor and drank a lot of tea.

61.

How did John Adams feel about the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Angry

b)

Sad

c)

Happy

d)

Confused

62.

What was the purpose for forming the Committee of Correspondence throughout the colonies?

a)

To start the process of creating a war

b)

To send formal letters to Parliament to protest the closing of Boston Harbor

c)

To allow the colonies to communicate with each other about what had happened in Massachusetts

d)

To locate and bring together top military leaders to form state militias

63.

What was the Continental Congress?

a)

A meeting of delegates from each of the 13 colonies

b)

To allow the colonies to communicate with each other about what had happened in Massachusetts

c)

A place to meet and discuss the continent

d)

People who want to go to war

64.

What was NOT an outcome of the First Continental Congress?

a)

It established a boycott on all trade with Great Britain

b)

Sent a petition to the King

c)

Advised American colonists to arm themselves

d)

Declared war on Parliament

65.

The Continental Congress warned colonists to

a)

Be friends with them

b)

Pay taxes

c)

Arm themselves

d)

Be careful riding after dark

66.

Did the colonists like the Sugar Act and Stamp Act?

a)

yes

b)

no

67.

Which tax made the colonists pay more for sugar and molasses?

a)

Sugar Act of 1764

b)

Stamp Act of 1765

68.

Which tax made the colonists buy a stamp for newspapers, legal documents and playing cards?

a)

Sugar Act of 1764

b)

Stamp Act of 1765

69.

Why did the colonists send King George III the Declaration of Independence?

a)

They wanted to tell him that they didn't like the taxes.

b)

It told the king that the colonies wanted to be a new nation

70.

Who was the leader fo the continental army?

a)

King George III

b)

George Washington

71.

Who won the war at the Battle of Yorktown?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Colonies

72.

Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition

a)

Patriots

1.

Colonists who fought against British rule

b)

Minutemen

2.

Colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight the British

c)

Paul Revere

3.

Rode on horseback from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn that the Redcoats were coming

d)

Treaty of Paris 1783

4.

Provisional peace treaty signed after Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown

e)

Stamp Act

5.

Tax that the British government placed on newspapers, books, and documents sold in the colonies

73.

Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition

a)

Sons of Liberty

1.

Secret group of colonists founded to protest the Stamp Act

b)

Militias

2.

Civilian soldiers who are trained to fight but not part of the regular army

c)

Parliament

3.

The government of Great Britain, includes the king, the House of Commons, and the prime minister

d)

Loyalists

4.

Colonists who remained loyal to the King during the American Revolution

e)

Redcoats

5.

Nickname for British soldiers because of their red uniform coats

74.

Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition

a)

Continental Congress

1.

The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during the war

b)

Boston Tea Party

2.

Boston citizens raided three British ships and dumped chests of tea in the harbor to protest tea tax

c)

Boston Massacre

3.

The killing of five men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770

75.

In the ________________, the French and the British fought over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Civil War

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Spanish War

d)

Battle of Yorktown

76.

During the ____________, colonists threw stones and snowballs at British soldiers, and British soldiers fired into the crowd.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

Battle of Yorktown

77.

The _______________ was a secret group that formed to protest the Stamp Act and other unfair taxes.

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Sons of Liberty

78.

____________ was the leader of England during the American Revolution.

a)

George Washington

b)

King George III

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

79.

During these battles, the British were looking for weapons that the colonists had gathered. This was the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

d)

Paul Revere's Ride

80.

_______________ was the leader of the Continental Army and the 1st president of the Untied States.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

George Washington

81.
How were the Americans able to defeat the British?
a)
Better trained soldiers
b)
Assistance of the French
c)
A superior navy
d)
Assistance of the Hessians
82.
Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Bunker Hill
83.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
John Adams
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Thomas Jefferson
84.
What document officially ended the Revolutionary War?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Declaration of Independence
 
85.
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Patrick Henry 
c)
Benjamin Franklin
86.
What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?
a)
that colonists could not tax the British because Parliament was in England
b)
that Britain should not be able to tax the colonists since the colonists did not have a voice in British Parliament
c)
that coloists needed to receive a bill before they would pay their taxes
87.
The American Revolution was a conflict between the colonists and _____________.
a)
the French
b)
the Spainish
c)
the British 
88.

The Americans had a small army. However, they made up for it by requiring all colonies to sponsor a __________.

a)

Continental Navy

b)

local militia

c)

own military

d)

French navy

89.

Who warned the colonists "the British are coming"?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

John Jay

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

90.

What was another name for these British soldiers?

a)

patriots

b)

loyalists

c)

redcoats

d)

Minutemen

91.
This member of the Continental Congress helped gain French support for American independence.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
John Adams
92.
The 13 colonies were fighting for freedom from England. What is another word for freedom? 
a)
taxes
b)
tariff
c)
liberty
d)
patriot
93.
I wrote the Declaration of Independence
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Adams
d)
Benjamin Franklin
94.
I helped warn colonists of the British troops' approach on Lexington and Concord.  A poem made me famous.
a)
Phillis Wheatley
b)
King George III
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Patrick Henry
95.

I am known for helping write the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Ben Franklin

96.

I was a famous inventor, scientist, and publisher.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Paul Revere

97.

I stayed in England and acted on behalf of the colonists.

a)

George Washington

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

98.

I was Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Paul Revere

99.

I am known for being a traitor and switching sides and fighting for the British.

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Paul Revere

c)

John Adams

d)

Ben Franklin

100.

I am known for my midnight ride yelling, "The British are coming, the British are coming."

a)

Paul Revere

b)

John Hancock

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Patrick Henry