5th Grade SS Chapter 5 American Revolution Review

Question 1

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax on paper products, such as ______ and playing cards.

Accepted Answer

newspapers

Question 2

The colonists were angry because they were forced to _____ all their tea from a single company.

Accepted Answer

buy

Question 3

American Indians hoped fighting with the British in the war would help stop taking their ____.

Accepted Answer

land

Question 4

The Townshend Acts placed a tariff on many ______ that the colonists imported from Britain.

Accepted Answer

goods

Question 5

The Boston Tea Party caused the British _____ to pass the Intolerable Acts.

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 6

The passage of the Townshend Acts caused the Sons of Liberty to organize __________ in Boston.

Accepted Answer

protests

Question 7

_______ was in debt because it owed money it had borrowed to fight the French and Indian War.

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 8

The borders of the U.S. after the Treaty of Paris was signed included which River in the west?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi

Question 9

Great Britain felt that it was fair to _______ the colonists for the French and Indian War.

Accepted Answer

tax

Question 10

The Declaration of Independence announced the creation of a separate new _________ .

Accepted Answer

country

Question 11

A statement _____________ included in his speech was, “Give me liberty or give me death!”

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 12

During the winter at Valley Forge the Continental Army troops become a serious _____ force.

Accepted Answer

fighting

Question 13

Great Britain is in _______ because of the French and Indian War.

Accepted Answer

debt

Question 14

Thomas' Paine pamphlet Common Sense stated that it was time for _____ .

Accepted Answer

independence

Question 15

The Second Continental Congress met in ___________ .

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 16

The Spanish helped in the South by drawing British troops away from the _______ .

Accepted Answer

Carolinas

Questions 16