American Revolution - Magic Tree House
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- Q1Which of the following was NOT one of the original colonies?FloridaDelawareNew YorkVirginia120s
- Q2What country controlled the American colonies?AfricaBritainIrelandSpain120s
- Q3Which colonies had slaves on their plantations?Western ColoniesSouthern ColoniesNorthern ColoniesEastern Colonies120s
- Q4Which of the following was NOT a natural resource found in the colonies during the 1700's?WoodFishWildlifeGold120s
- Q5Most people in colonial times lived in ______________________?tall apartment buildings.small homes usually made of wood that were located on farms.tents in the middle of open fields.large homes with several rooms.120s
- Q6Fireplaces were important because people used them to __________________________?heat their homes and for cooking.burn their old newspapers.stand up in and see if the British army was coming.light up the home to see things better.120s
- Q7A toilet was called ________________________ in the colonial times.a chamber potthe business areaa restrooman outhouse120s
- Q8True or False. Children of every age would all be in the same classroom at schools during the colonial times.FalseTrue120s
- Q9Why were most families having 10 or more children at this time?More people were needed to run the farms and get jobs done at a younger age than today.The British were forcing them to have large families.They needed more soldiers to fight the British.They wanted the colonies to grow quickly.120s
- Q10The Stamp Act can best be explained as ____________________________.something that was voted on and the colonists wanted to pay.a law made to make sure every colonist had stamps in their homes.a way of lowering taxes for the British as they settled into colonies.a tax that the British were trying to make the colonists pay if they had important papers.120s
- Q11What sparked the Boston Massacre to happen?The Patriots lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl.The British invaded Boston and tried to sneak up on the colonists.Someone yelled "fire" from the crowd outside on the Boston streets.Colonists plotted a plan to get back at the British.120s
- Q12Why did the colonists throw tea barrels off the sides of ships at the Boston Harbor?Because they were made about the taxes being enforced on goods such as tea.Because the colonists didn't like that the British brought over tea to America.Because tea was something that was making people sick.Because the colonists needed to use the barrels to escape the harbor while being attacked.120s
- Q13What was the "shot heard round the world"?It was a three pointer that Stephen Curry hit with 2 seconds to win the game for the Warriors.It was a shot that came from a musket and went through every colony.It was the first shot fired at the Battle of Lexington and Concord which started the American Revolution.It was when the British fired a massive cannon.120s
- Q14What were the two lanterns held at the watch tower used for?The lanterns were used to cook the watchmen dinner each night.They were used to tell the colonists what time it was.One lantern was used to warn the colonists that the British were coming by land and the other by sea.They were used to let people know if you were British or American.120s
- Q15Who was appointed to be general of the colonial army?King George IIISamuel PrescottGeorge WashingtonWilliam Dawes120s