American Revolution Unit Test

Match the description to the individual or group.

• Daughters of Liberty

• I was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

• Samuel Adams

• We protested the Stamp Act by burning packages of stamps.

• Benjamin Franklin

• I was an inventor and I served as Ambassador to France

• Sons of Liberty

• I organized the Sons of Liberty

• George Washington

• We brewed our own tea to protest British taxes

Match the description to the individual.

• Phyllis Wheatley

• I said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Mercy Otis Warren

• I wrote plays that poked fun at British leaders

• Paul Revere

• I served as the United State's second president

• John Adams

• I wrote a special poem for George Washington in 1776

• Patrick Henry

• I made a midnight ride to warn the countryside of a British attack

Match the description to the individual.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• I wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• I asked my husband to "remember the ladies"

• Abigail Adams

• I served under Washington as a Major-General

The colonists' victory at this battle persuaded the French to get involved in the American Revolution and help the Continental Army.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

Before this battle, Washington and his men crossed the icy Delaware River to reach the battle location.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

British General Cornwallis surrendered after this battle.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

The Americans won this battle because they and the French surrounded the British and greatly outnumbered them.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

During this battle, Washington and his troops surprised a sleeping force of Hessians on December 26, 1776.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

On the way to this battle, the British were slowed down because militiamen had torn down bridges and chopped down trees to block the roads that would soon be traveled by the British Army.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown