The American Revolution

Grade 5 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Read each event. Circle whether it came before the war, during the war or after the war.

1. 1.

   The Second Continental Congress chose George Washington to lead the army.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
2. 2.

   Loyalists left for Canada or Britain.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
3. 3.

   Women ran farms and shops while men fought.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
4. 4.

   The Treaty of Paris recognized the United States as independent.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
5. 5.

   Britain wanted colonists to help pay its debts after the French and Indian War.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
6. 6.

   Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor at the Boston Tea Party.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
7. 7.

   Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance for the land beyond the Appalachians.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
8. 8.

   The Intolerable Acts closed Boston's port.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
9. 9.

   Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, ending the main fighting.

   • before the war
   • during the war
   • after the war
10. 10.

    Parliament passed the Tea Act to help a British company sell tea.

    • before the war
    • during the war
    • after the war