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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which event cost England a lot of money and caused the King to impose new taxes on the colonies to help pay for its cost?
a)
The American Revolution
b)
The French and Indian War
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
The Civil War
2.
The _____________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on the paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Quartering Acts
3.
The colonists had no voice in parliament where new laws and taxes were developed and imposed on the colonies. As a result, the colonists began to use the slogan "______________!"
a)
No more king
b)
No taxation without representation
c)
the shot heard 'round the world
d)
It is so unfair
4.
A secret organization made up of merchants and journalists formed to protest unfair taxes was called the ____________.
a)
Minutemen
b)
Loyalists
c)
Patriots
d)
Sons of Liberty
5.
The Sons of Liberty never used violence to protest unfair taxes.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What did the Stamp Act do that England did not expect?
a)
It caused them to buy more paper goods.
b)
It united the colonists against England.
c)
It increased the colonists support for England.
d)
None of the answers
7.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
b)
Members of the Sons of Liberty got together to celebrate their success with tea and crumpets.
c)
Colonists in Boston held a meeting to discuss the new tax on tea.
d)
Members of the Sons of Liberty held a peaceful protest.
8.
In 1774 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met to discuss the problems the colonies were having with England. This was called ____________.
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
First Continental Congress
c)
Parliament
d)
None of the answers
9.
A year after the First Continental Congress, representatives met in Philadelphia again. What did they discuss?
a)
becoming an independent nation
b)
breaking away from England
c)
writing a document that declared the colonies Independent
d)
All of the answers
10.
It took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote it?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Benjamin Franklin
11.
The Declaration of Independence was a way for the colonists to respond to the tyranny and abuse of power by King George III.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
On what day was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
a)
January 1, 1776
b)
July 4, 1776
c)
June 4, 1776
d)
None of the answers
13.
Who was the officer that turned against Americans and joined the British Army?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Benedict Arnold
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
John Adams
14.
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Washington
15.
Who wrote "Common Sense" that challenged the colonists to fight for independence?
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
16.
Who was a lawyer in Massachusetts who served on the Declaration of Independence Committee? He later became the second president of the United States.
a)
John Adams
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
George Washington
d)
Benedict Arnold
17.
Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army? He led 2400 men across the Delaware River.
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Lord Cornwallis
d)
George Jones
18.
This person became known for his famous speech just before the Revolutionary War. He said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Benedict Arnold
19.
Who was the colonial leader who was also an inventor and scientist? He also helped create the Declaration of Independence.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
Thomas Paine
20.
The first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War took place at_______________. This is known as the shot heard around the world.
a)
Philadelphia
b)
Lexington
c)
Washington D.C.
d)
None of the answers
21.
What caused the first battle of the American Revolution?
a)
British were looking to seize a storehouse of weapons that belonged to the colonists, but met the Minutemen instead.
b)
The British fired on the Sons of Liberty as they dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
c)
The colonists shot British soldiers bringing tea into the Boston Harbor.
d)
None of the Answers
22.
The American Troops defeated the British in New York during the _____________ in the fall of 1777.
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Battle of Lexington
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
None of the answers
23.
In 1781, the Continental Army defeated the British troops for the final time at Yorktown, Virginia. What British leader surrendered to General George Washington?
a)
King George III
b)
Lord Cornwallis
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
None of the answers
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