George Vs. George

My Mom and I read George vs. George, by Rosalyn Schanzer.  This book is amazing.  It shows both sides of the American Revolution.  Before I read this book, I had not even thought about how the British might have felt about the war.  The writing and the pictures are informative and interesting.  I highly recommend this book to kids interested in the American Revolution.

My Mom gave me the assignment to write a test for her on the information we learned in the book.  Then she wrote a test for me too.  Do you want to see if you could pass our tests?  Here you go:

1.  How tall were both George Washington and King George III?
A.  5'7"
B.  Over 6'
C.  7'6"

2.  How many kids did King George have?
A.  20
B.  30
C.  15

3.  What was George Washington's wife named?
A.  Martha Custis
B.  Charlotte White
C.  Betty Mans

4.  What did Samuel Jackson say about the Americans?
A.  We should stop the taxes.
B.  How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of Negros.

5.  How many slaves did George Washington have by 1775?
A.  135
B.  600
C. 144

6.  What year did the Boston Tea Party happen?
A.  1774
B.  1775
C.  1773

7.  The Daughters of Liberty . . .
A.  did not exist.
B.  sang before battles.
C.  made their own tea and ball gowns instead of buying from the British.

8.  What is a Hessian soldier?
A.  A German soldier.
B.  An American soldier.
C.  A British soldier.

9.  Who had the biggest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
A.  John Hancock
B.  Ben Franklin
C.  Benjamin Harrison

10.  Where was the final battle of the war?
A.  Yorktown
B.  Bunker Hill
C.  Saratoga

11.  True or False: George Washington is known as the "Father of our Country" and King George III is  known as the "Father of the People."

12:  True or False: Great Britain made more money trading with an independent America than it did from owning and taxing the Colonies.

13.  True or False:  John Adams wanted to meet with King George III two years after the peace treaty, but King George refused him.

14.  True or False:  King George suffered from a hereditary condition that caused brief bouts of madness.

15.  True or False:  King Georg made the laws, not British Parliament.

16.  True or False:  King Louis XVI of France signed a treaty in 1978 recognizing the U.S. as a new nation and promising ships, soldiers, and money.

17.  True or False: A Quaker housewife living across from British headquarters in Philadelphia, spied on the Redcoats and sent the information sewn into shirts to George Washington.

18.  True or False:  General Cornwallis delivered a white flag of surrender to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781, signifying the unofficial end of the war.

19.  True or False: The First Continental Congress, with delegates from the 13 colonies, was the governing body of the new U.S. until 1789 when George Washington was elected president.

20.  True or False:  At Valley Forge, about 2,500 of George Washington's soldiers died from starvation, freezing, or sickness.


How do you think you did?  Here are the answers:

1.  B
2.  C
3.  A
4.  B
5.  A
6.  C
7.  C
8.  A
9.  A
10.  A
11.  T
12.  T
13.  F - King George actually accepted John Adams with open arms.
14.  T
15.  F - King George worked with Parliament to make laws.
16.  T
17.  F - She wrote the information on cloth buttons.
18.  F - Cornwallis sent his second-in-command to deliver the white flag.  George Washington would not accept it from the second-in-command, so he sent Cornwallis' messenger to his own second-in-command.
19.  T
20.  T

Signing Off,
Evalynn and Mom