1. Paul Revere and Character Traits
Test Review
SS3CG2, SS3H2a, SS3H2b, SS3E2, SS3G2

2. What characteristic describes Paul Revere? Hint: he was a hard worker
diligent

3. Which is a synonym for cooperate?
work together
hard work
role model/guide
brave

4. silversmith or mail carrier?
What job did Paul Revere have that helped the Sons of Liberty get information to other Patriots?
silversmith or
mail carrier?

5. What did the members of the Sons of Liberty have in common?
worked in the same business
shared the idea of freedom
lived in the Virginia colony
supported British rule

6. Paul Revere was part of a group of colonists known as the __________, who believed in independence.
loyalists
red coats
patriots

7. liberty
The colonists wanted to have __________, or the freedom to make their own choices.

8. People left England to come to the colonies for what 3 positive reasons?
Better jobs
Religious freedom
Land (more, better crops)

9. Why did the Revolutionary War begin?
Americans did NOT want independence.
The colonists wanted white men to be treated like everyone else.
England sometimes treated the colonies unfairly.

10. What was the name of the protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor?
French-Indian War
Boston Tea Party
Revolutionary War

11. A tax is ______________.
money people pay to a government in return for services
refusing to buy or use a product
free to make one’s own choices

12. A place ruled by people in another country is a _____________.
state
colony
Massachusetts
England

13. boycotted
The colonists ____________, or refused to buy, the goods being taxed because they were not receiving anything in return from King George or Parliament.

14. A __________ is an event where people speak out about an issue.
boycott
protest
tax
revolution

15. King George began charging the colonists taxes to pay for his war debt (bills). What did he tax?
Sugar Act: molasses, tea, coffee
Stamp Act: newspapers, marriage licenses, deeds, and other important papers

16. What happened on Revere’s famous midnight ride?
__Paul walked back to Lexington without his horse.
__Paul lit two lanterns in the Old North Church in Boston.
__Paul was captured by the English on his way to Concord.
__Paul rode to Lexington and warned people along the way that the British were coming.
__Paul crossed from Boston to Charlestown in a boat.
Order: 5, 2, 4, 3, 1

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