Quarter 2 District Assessment

Question 1

Turning point in the war because France joined the war on the Americans’ side.

Answer 1

Saratoga

Question 2

Where the British Army surrendered to the Continental Army in 1781

Answer 2

Yorktown

Question 3

First major battle of the war, and it was one of the fiercest battles.

Answer 3

Bunker Hill

Question 4

Hard winter months for the Continental Army were cold, hunger and disease killed thousands.

Answer 4

Valley Forge

Question 5

First shots were fired, which began the American Revolution.

Answer 5

Lexington / Concord

Question 6

Document that officially ended the Revolution on September 3, 1783.

Answer 6

Treaty of Paris

Question 7

The nation’s first constitution

Answer 7

Articles of Confederation

Question 8

Five unarmed colonists were killed.

Answer 8

Boston massacre

Question 9

All of the acts imposed on colonists.

Answer 9

Intolerable Acts

Question 10

Revenge upon the Stamp Act, Patriots boarded a ship and dumped tea into the harbor.

Answer 10

Boston Tea Party

Question 11

Document that officially ended the Revolution on September 3, 1783

Answer 11

Treaty of Paris

Question 12

Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and was our 3rd President

Answer 12

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

A member of the Sons of Liberty who bravely rode through the night to warn the colonists by yelling, “The British are coming.”

Answer 13

Paul Revere

Question 14

Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense to persuade colonists to break free from England.

Answer 14

Thomas Paine

Question 15

Leader of the Continental Army.

Answer 15

George Washington

Question 16

Known for a famous quote, “Give me liberty or give me death.”

Answer 16

Patrick Henry

Question 17

Ruler of Britain who wanted to control the colonists.

Answer 17

King George III

Question 18

Boston, where much of the early colonial protests took place, was in this region along with the town of Plymouth.

Answer 18

New England Colonies

Question 19

This region was influenced strongly by Puritan form of religion.

Answer 19

New England Colonies

Question 20

The colonies of New York and New Jersey make up this part of this region, called “Breadbasket” because of the amount of wheat produced and traded.

Answer 20

Middle Colonies

Question 21

This region was settled by people who wanted to raise and trade goods prduced on small farms such as fruits, vegetables and wheat.

Answer 21

Middle Colonies

Question 22

This region contained many plantations that grew cash crops, such as tobacco, and this region also had many indentured servants and slaves.

Answer 22

Southern Colonies

Question 23

This region contained the colonies of Virginia, a royal colony and Maryland, a proprietary colony.

Answer 23

Southern Colony