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WorksheetsCh. 6 Review
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote Common Sense?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Sam Adams
2.
What is a formal complaint?
a)
Preamble
b)
Introduction
c)
Resolution
d)
Grievance
3.
What is the setting of this picture?
a)
Washington's escape from Brooklyn?
b)
Washington being chased by General Howe?
c)
Washington going to Princeton?
d)
Washington crossing the Delaware enroute to Trenton?
4.
Who introduced "the Virginia Resolution to Congress"?
a)
Richard Henry Leee
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
John Hancock
5.
He along with the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont captured Fort Ticonderoga?
a)
Nathan Hale
b)
Ethan Allen
c)
Marquis de Lafayette
d)
Henry Knox
6.
What location is Washington spending the winter of 1777-78...terrible conditions were endured here?
a)
Mt. Vernon
b)
Dorchester Heights
c)
Valley Forge
d)
Saratoga
7.
What Naval Commander said.." I have not yet begun to fight?"
a)
John Paul Jones
b)
Nathan Hale
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
Ethan Allen
8.
The spying of this gang helped Washington avoid costly battles?
a)
Culper
b)
Moderates
c)
Patriots
d)
Minutemen
9.
This paragraph is from what famous document?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
a)
Constitution
b)
Magna Carta
c)
English Bill of Rights
d)
Declaration of Independence
10.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Ben Franklin
11.
Commander of the Continental Army?
a)
Horatio Gates
b)
George Washington
12.
Who is the Englishman on this document?
a)
Ben Franklin
b)
King George III
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
William Pitt
13.
Who wrote.."commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defense?"
a)
Jefferson
b)
Locke
c)
Paine
d)
Franklin
14.
Frenchman who JOINED the American Army?
a)
Rochambeau
b)
De Grasse
c)
Lafayette
d)
Gates
15.
Who made the following quote.."I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country?"
a)
John Paul Jones
b)
Nathan Hale
c)
Ethan Allen
d)
Benedict Arnold
16.
His name is synonymous with "TRAITOR"?
a)
Nathan Hale
b)
John Paul Jones
c)
Charles Cornwallis
d)
Benedict Arnold
17.
Which person out of the Enlightenment Period had the biggest impact on Thomas Jefferson?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
King John I
c)
Ben Franklin
d)
John Locke
18.
Instead of "pursuit of Happiness".....what did Locke use instead?
a)
Freedom
b)
Independence
c)
Property
d)
No taxation
19.
Who captured Vincennes in the West?
a)
George Rogers Clark
b)
Francis Marion
c)
William Clark
d)
George Washington
20.
Where was British General Cornwallis captured at the end of the War?
a)
Saratoga
b)
Valley Forge
c)
Trenton
d)
Yorktown
21.
Impel?
a)
pledge
b)
approve
c)
motivate
d)
warn
22.
self-evident?
a)
obvious
b)
surprising
c)
unknown
d)
punishable
23.
unalienable?
a)
not human
b)
nontransferable
c)
unimportant
d)
unnecessary
24.
Which famous document are you looking at?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Magna Carta
c)
English Bill of Rights
d)
Declaration of Independence
25.
Whose signature is most easily seen...he was President of the Congress...he wanted George III to see it without his "spectacles?"
a)
George Washington
b)
John Hancock
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Sam Adams
26.
Commander of the French land troops in America?
a)
John Paul Jones
b)
Rochambeau
c)
DeGrasse
d)
Lafayette
27.
Which city was founded during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Boston
b)
Louisville
c)
Indianapolis
d)
Cincinnati
28.
After General Howe was forced out of Boston, what city did he arrive at when he returned to the Colonies?
a)
Philadelphia
b)
Boston
c)
New York
d)
Providence
29.
Going into the War..was the Colonists biggest advantage?
a)
George Washington
b)
Strong Army and Navy
c)
More troops
d)
Cause to fight
30.
Look at the map of the Boston area.....where did Washington place the cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga?
a)
Charlestown
b)
Roxbury Heights
c)
Noodle's Island
d)
Dorchester Heights
31.
Who was the swamp fighter that used the Hit and Run Method?
a)
George Rogers Clark
b)
Francis Marion
c)
Lafayette
d)
Henry Knox
32.
What was the name of the mercenaries that were hired by King George III?
a)
British
b)
French Canadians
c)
Iroquois
d)
Hessians
33.
Who was the Prussian Drillmaster that trained the troops at Valley Forge?
a)
Pulaski
b)
Von Steuben
c)
Burgoyne
d)
Lafayette
34.
How many attempts did it take the British to take Bunker/Breed's Hill?
a)
2
b)
5
c)
4
d)
3
35.
Name of the treaty that ended the War?
a)
Paris
b)
New York
c)
London
d)
Quebec
36.
What river did Washington re-cross to capture Trenton?
a)
East
b)
Hudson
c)
Ohio
d)
Delaware
37.
The victory is here is considered to be "The Turning Point of the War?"
a)
Yorktown
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
Germantown
d)
Saratoga
38.
Why do we call Saratoga the Turning Point of the War?
a)
It made George Washington Commander-in-Chief
b)
We caught Benedict Arnold turning traitor
c)
The French decided to help the Americans
d)
The Iroquois helped the Americans
39.
Even though General Gates received most of the credit at Saratoga, who was really the main hero?
a)
Benedict Arnold
b)
Francis Marion
c)
Nicholas Herkimer
d)
George Washington
40.
Instead of going through the New York State campaign..where did General Howe go instead?
a)
Back to Boston
b)
Charleston, South Carolina
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Williamsburg
41.
Look at the map...what place was taken by George Washington, within 10 days after the capture of Trenton?
a)
Brandywine
b)
Germantown
c)
Princeton
d)
Monmouth
42.
What color does Red stand for on our Flag?
a)
Valor
b)
Hope
c)
Purity
d)
Justice
43.
Another name for Loyalists?
a)
Patriots
b)
Hessians
c)
Tories
d)
Radicals
44.
What is the mascot name of Vincennes High School?
a)
The Clarks
b)
Pioneers
c)
Hoosiers
d)
Alices
45.
What place did Martha Washington assist with the sick and the wounded?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Trenton
d)
Princeton
46.
What day did the Americans declare their Independence?
a)
July 4,1775
b)
July 4, 1776
c)
July 2, 1776
d)
April 19, 1775
47.
Which colony featured the first all-African American Regiment?
a)
New York
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Rhode Island
d)
New Jersey
48.
Thomas Paine wrote another important pamphlet called the Crisis. "These are the times that try men's souls." What place was he making reference to?
a)
2nd Continental Congress
b)
Valley Forge
c)
Yorktown
d)
Trenton
49.
Who said.."we must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately?"
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
Nathan Hale
d)
John Paul Jones
50.
Besides France..what other country assisted the Americans?
a)
Germany
b)
Canada
c)
Spain
d)
Ireland
51.
What British General came up with the plan to capture the colony of New York and split the Colonies in half?
a)
Howe
b)
St. Leger
c)
Cornwallis
d)
Burgoyne
52.
What place in New York did Herkimer's army(with the help of Benedict Arnold)defeat St. Leger?
a)
Saratoga
b)
Albany
c)
New York City
d)
Oriskany
53.
True or False ...As you look at the map of the Battle of Yorktown..Cornwallis was surrounded by the French and American Armies. Did the French Navy also aid the capture of Cornwallis?
a)
True
b)
False
54.
True or False...Most southern states refused to accept African Americans to serve as soldiers.
a)
True
b)
False
55.
True or False...Americans offered payments to Native American groups who remained neutral.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
True or False..the Louisiana governor secretly worked against the American cause.
a)
True
b)
False
57.
Approximately how many privateers helped the American Navy harass British shipping?
a)
800
b)
500
c)
250
d)
100
58.
Name of the fortress given up by Benedict Arnold?
a)
Naval Academy
b)
Independence Hall
c)
West Point
d)
Annapolis
59.
People who change sides in a conflict?
a)
Guerrillas
b)
Mercenaries
c)
Traitors
d)
Loyalists
60.
How many copies of Common Sense were sold?
a)
800,000
b)
100,000
c)
300,000
d)
500,000
61.
What Naval Commander said.." I have not yet begun to fight?"
a)
John Paul Jones
b)
Nathan Hale
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
Ethan Allen
62.
His name is synonymous with "TRAITOR"?
a)
Nathan Hale
b)
John Paul Jones
c)
Charles Cornwallis
d)
Benedict Arnold
63.
What sea did the Bonhomme Richard defeat the Serapis?
a)
Gulf of Mexica
b)
Chesapeake Bay
c)
New York Harbor
d)
North Sea
64.
Who brought Washington the cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga?
a)
Benedict Arnold
b)
Henry Knox
c)
Francis Marion
d)
Ethan Allen
65.
The Patriots suffered their worst defeat here?
a)
Saratoga
b)
Brandywine
c)
Germantown
d)
Charlestown
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