Gr 3 History Quiz D (Oct)

People

100

Who became the first Postmaster General ?

Ben Franklin 

200

Who was the man who warned the colonists that the British were planning an attack 

Paul Revere

300

True or False

Ben Franklin helped plan the first fire department in America 

True

400

True or False

Poor Richard’s Almanac was written by Paul Revere 

False; Ben Franklin 

500

True or False

The Founding Fathers helped form the Constitution of the United States 

True, 

600

Proved that lightning was electricity

Benjamin Franklin

700

Benjamin Franklin’s brother taught him to be a ?

Printer 

800

True or False

Paul Revere had a successful business as a goldsmith 

False, silversmith 

Documents

100

Written agreement that ended the War for Independence 

a. Constitution 

b. Treaty of Paris

c. Declaration of Independence 

B. Treaty of Paris 

200

Written plan of government for the United States that is still followed today 

a. Constitution 

B. Treaty of Paris

C. Declaration of Independence 

A. Constitution (of the United States)

300

Document that acknowledged the colonies are officially independently governed by themselves.

a. Constitution 

B. Treaty of paris

C. Declaration of Independence 

C. Declaration of Independence 

400

The poem “Paul Reveres Ride” was written by ?

A. Benjamin Franklin

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

Events

100

The event in which colonists threw tea into the harbor to protest high taxes was the ?

Boston Tea Party

200

Colonists who were ready to fight at a minutes notice were?

The minutemen 

300

War in which the American colonists fought for their freedom from England

War for Independence 

400

List one thing Ben Franklin did to help the people of Philadelphia 

- started a school

- started a hospital 

- started a fire department 

- police 

- stove

- postmaster : made mail better 

- library

- lightning rod

500

what were the colonists called who wanted freedom from Brittish rule?

patriots

600

Group formed to protect the rights of colonists against Britain 

Sons of Liberty

Review

100

David Brainerd’s interpreter was 

A. Paul Revere

B. Tatamy

C. Benjamin Franklin

B. Tatamy

200

In the colony of ______, the Quakers and the Native Americans trusted each other and lived in peace

A. France

B. Pennsylvania 

C. America

B. Pennsylvania 

 

300

A person who translates from one language to another is an?

A. Ambassador 

B. Founding Father

C. Interpreter 

C. Interpreter

400

Name that means “city of brotherly love”

Philadelphia 

500

Missionary to the Mohican and Delaware tribes

David Brainerd

map skills

600

Label the continents and oceans