Social Studies Test 1

Question 1

What did Benjamin Franklin’s cartoon, Join or Die mean?

Answer 1

the colonists must unite together or they will not survive

Question 2

What was the main consequence of the French and Indian War?

Answer 2

The cost of the war put Britain in debt

Question 3

What agreement did the colonists and Native Americans reach with in the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 3

The colonists will live east of Appalachian Mountains and the Native Americans live west of the mountains.

Question 4

What did the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act and the Coercive/Intolerable Acts all have in common?

Answer 4

Colonists could not vote on these taxes

Question 5

What were the different forms of protests did the colonists do to try and change British policies?

Answer 5

1) protest like the Boston Tea Party
2) letter writing
3) tarred and feathered
4) boycotts

Question 6

What is the difference between the First Continental Congress and Second Continental Congress?

Answer 6

First Continental Congress- acted together in response to the intolerable acts

Second Continental Congress- met a year late and all voted for independence.

Question 7

The pamphlet Common Sense was written by ______________ in which he attacked_____________________ and questioned the idea of _______________ having the authority to rule.

Answer 7

written by Thomas Paine

attacked King George the third

one person having all the authority

Question 8

People who supported King George the third and Great Britain were_________.

Answer 8

Loyalists

Question 9

People who wanted independence from Great Britain were___________.

Answer 9

Patriots

Question 10

The battle in which the colonists started believing they could win the war.

Answer 10

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 11

Democracy

Answer 11

a government based on what people want

Question 12

Patrick Henry said,”________________”

Answer 12

give me liberty or give me death

Question 13

Give me liberty of give me death meant….

Answer 13

anyone that hoped for peace through King George the third’s rule, would not get it . He wanted freedom from British rule no matter what.

Question 14

Which battle was the turning point for the Continental Army? We began to win the American Revolution.

Answer 14

Battle of Saratoga

Question 15

The Declaration of Independence listed the complaints against the King of England to show the unfair things the king and parliament had done.

What is another word for complaints?

Answer 15

grievances

Question 16

Writer of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 16

Thomas Jefferson

Question 17

What were the consequences for the colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor?

Answer 17

The Intolerable Acts
- the Boston Harbor was closed
- town meetings were restricted
-British officials were immune from criminal prosecution
- Quartering Acts

Question 18

What what is called when colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?

Answer 18

Boston Tea Party

Question 19

Betsy Ross

Answer 19

I was a seamstress that made flags for the Continental Army. Legend has it that I made the first American flag with 13 stripes and 13 stars.

Question 20

Mary Ludwig Hays

Answer 20

My nickname was Molly Pitcher because I brought water to the soldiers in the battles of the Revolution. I also took my husband’s place as a cannon loader in one of the battles.

Question 21

Abigail Adams

Answer 21

I was an important advisor to my husband. I told him to “remember the ladies” when forming America’s new government. My letters are some of the earliest known writings about women’s rights.

Question 22

Phyllis Whealey

Answer 22

I was born into slavery and wrote poems and plays supporting the American Revolution.