American Revolution Unit Test

Match the description to the individual or group.

• Benjamin Franklin

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

• Samuel Adams

• I was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

• George Washington

• I organized the Sons of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

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

• Daughters of Liberty

• We brewed our own tea to protest British taxes

Match the description to the individual.

• John Adams

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

• Patrick Henry

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

• Phyllis Wheatley

• I wrote a special poem for George Washington in 1776

• Paul Revere

• I served as the United State's second president

• Mercy Otis Warren

• I wrote plays that poked fun at British leaders

Match the description to the individual.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• I wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Abigail Adams

• I served under Washington as a Major-General

• Thomas Jefferson

• I asked my husband to "remember the ladies"

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