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Curriculum & Standards
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 8 Assessment:
The Colonies Unite
SAMPLE
What document was the United States' first plan for
government?
A.
Declaration of Independence
B.
Articles of Confederation
C.
Preamble
D.
all of the above
A.
B.
C.
D.
History-Social Science Fifth Grade Chapter 8 Assessment
What was one major cause of the French and Indian
War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
France and Britain both claimed the same
lands in North America.
American colonists wanted independence
from Britain.
American Indians did not like French people
settling on western lands.
The British government passed new tax laws
in the colonies.
Study the graphic below to answer the question
that follows.
California Standards HSS 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6
Use the boxed information to answer question #5.
Many colonists said that Parliament should not tax
them because they had no representation.
What does the word representation mean in the
sentence above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a plan for spending money
money governments collect from citizens
a voice in one's government
a lawmaking body
As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, what did
the British government do?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It blocked all colonial harbors.
It passed the Coercive Acts.
It stopped exporting tea to the colonies.
It outlawed all colonial legislatures.
Which of the following is a documentary source?
Which of the following effects best completes the
graphic?
A.
B.
C.
D.
New laws such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar
Act are passed.
Boston Harbor is closed.
The colonists protest for independence.
The colonist stopped drinking tea.
What did the British government do to help pay
the expenses of the French and Indian War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It printed colonial currency.
It forced the colonists to trade only with
Britain.
It passed new tax laws for the colonies.
It sold western lands.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of
Independence?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Coercive Acts
Sugar Act
Use the boxed information to answer question #9.
"…Governments are instituted [formed] among
men, deriving [getting] their just powers from the
consent of the governed."
- Declaration of Independence, 1776
What important idea do these words express?
A.
C.
D.
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Boston Massacre
Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
Which act placed a tax on importing glass, paint,
and paper?
B.
Samuel Adams
John Dickinson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Only men are allowed to participate in
government.
Governments get their power to rule from
the people.
The people do not want a government.
The Declaration of Independence creates a
new government in the United States.
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade Chapter 8 Assessment
Who was the commander in chief of the
Continental Army?
A.
B.
C.
D.
California Standards HSS 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6
Study the graphic below to answer the question
that follows.
Samuel Adams
John Dickinson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Use the boxed information to answer question #11.
When the colonists began to boycott goods that were
taxed, British merchants lost money.
What does the word boycott mean in the sentence
above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to agree to buy
to manufacture
to raise the prices
to refuse to buy
Which of the following causes best completes the
graphic?
A.
B.
C.
D.
What announcement gave Native Americans all of
the land west of the Appalachian Mountains?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Who was the main author of the Article of
Confederation?
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Townshend Acts
Who most likely organized the Boston Tea Party?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought.
The British pass the Stamp Act.
Many colonists read Thomas Paines'
Common Sense.
The British thought colonist should help pay
for the war.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Samuel Adams
John Dickinson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Which three rights does the Declaration of
Independence say all people have?
Samuel Adams
John Dickinson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
A.
B.
freedom of religion, speech, and press
to boycott goods, to pay taxes, and to sign
petitions
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
to vote, assemble, and have representation
Why were the battles at Lexington and Concord
important?
C.
D.
A.
What happened on July 4, 1776, that makes it such
an important date in American history?
B.
C.
D.
They marked the end of the French and Indian
War.
They forced Parliament to repeal all new tax
laws.
They marked the beginning of the American
Revolution.
They were the first battles led by George
Washington.
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The colonists won the American Revolution.
The 13 colonies formed their first united
government.
Congress voted to accept the Declaration of
Independence.
The colonists formed the first Committee of
Correspondence.
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade Chapter 8 Assessment
California Standards HSS 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6
Use the maps below to answer questions 19 and 20.
What country lost all of its lands in North America between 1754 and 1763?
A.
B.
C.
D.
British
France
Spanish
none of the above
What event explains the differences between the two maps?
A.
B.
C.
D.
French and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
Boston Massacre
Battle of Bunker Hill
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