4th Grade History Test 6

Question 1

stitched the first American flag with stars and stripes

Answer 1

Betsy Ross

Question 2

the President of the Second Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Answer 2

John Hancock

Question 3

a brave American spy who was killed by the British

Answer 3

Nathan Hale

Question 4

a famous American silversmith and patriot

Answer 4

Paul Revere

Question 5

captured Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 5

Ethan Allen

Question 6

captured three forts on the frontier and secured the Northwest Territory for America

Answer 6

George Rogers Clark

Question 7

a black patriot killed at the Boston Massacre

Answer 7

Crispus Attucks

Question 8

the leader of the British army who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war

Answer 8

General Cornwallis

Question 9

Congress chose him to be the supreme commander of the American troops

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

the king of England during the time of the American War for Independence

Answer 10

George III

Question 11

Where were the Hessians defeated on Christmas?

Answer 11

Trenton

Question 12

Which battle was the turning point of the war?

Answer 12

Saratoga

Question 13

Where did the Continental Army spend a hard winter?

Answer 13

Valley Forge

Question 14

Where did Americans prove they were hard to beat?

Answer 14

Bunker Hill

Question 15

Where did the British to surrender to the Americans?

Answer 15

Yorktown

Question 16

Where was the first battle of the war?

Answer 16

Lexington and Concord

Question 17

Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”?

Answer 17

Patrick Henry

Question 18

Who said, “I have not yet begun to fight”?

Answer 18

John Paul Jones

Question 19

Who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”?

Answer 19

Nathan Hale

Question 20

Who said, “The British are coming! The British are coming!”?

Answer 20

Paul Revere

Question 21

Who said, “We have, therefore, no resolve to conquer or to die”?

Answer 21

George Washington

Question 22

American colonists who remained loyal to the king of England

Answer 22

Tories

Question 23

American colonists who wanted independence from England

Answer 23

patriots

Question 24

The German soldiers hired by the king to fight the Americans

Answer 24

Hessians

Question 25

The men prepared to fight at a minutes noticed

Answer 25

minutemen

Question 26

American colonists sometimes called the British soldiers “redcoats” or ____

Answer 26

lobster-backs

Question 27

a part of an ocean that reaches into the land, generally with a narrower opening than a bay

Answer 27

gulf

Question 28

where a river flows into a larger body of water

Answer 28

mouth

Question 29

a large area of salt water smaller than an ocean and party or completely enclosed by land

Answer 29

sea

Question 30

an inland body of water that is usually fresh

Answer 30

lake

Question 31

land deposited at the mouth of a river

Answer 31

delta

Question 32

a deep, narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Answer 32

channel

Question 33

where a river begins

Answer 33

source

Question 34

In good sentences, describe the Stamp Act.

Answer 34

All newspapers, marriage certificates, and other documents bought by the colonists had to have a seal or stamp on them. Each stamp or seal was a tax the colonists had to pay.

Question 35

Describe the Declaration of Independence in good sentences.

Answer 35

This document clearly stated for the world the reasons why the American colonists wanted their independence. It was signed on July 4, 1776. Riders rushed copies to each of the thirteen colonies. In Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell was run to call the people together.

Question 36

Describe the Boston Tea Party in good sentences.

Answer 36

British taxes had all been removed except the tax on tea. In Boston, colonists (dressed as Indians) boarded British ships and dumped the tea into the harbor to protest the tax on tea.