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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False: The French were the Patriots' greatest ally (helper) during the American Revolution
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Where did the British choose to focus their fighting during the second half of the American Revolution?
a)
The North
b)
The West
c)
The East
d)
The South
3.
The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolution was the __________.
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Trenton
d)
Battle of Lexington
4.
What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
Trenton
d)
Yorktown
5.
Common Sense was written by
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
John Locke
d)
Thomas Paine
6.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
George Washington
d)
John Adams
7.
What were American's called who supported independence?
a)
Tories
b)
Separatists
c)
Patriots
d)
Loyalists
8.
Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as
a)
Redcoats
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutrals
d)
Patriots
9.
This treaty formally ended the American Revolution
a)
Treaty of Ghent
b)
Treaty of Paris of 1763
c)
Treaty of Boston
d)
Treaty of Paris of 1783
10.
What was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
to establish a framework for government
b)
to state the reasons for the colonies to separate from England
c)
to express reasons for limiting immigration
d)
to list arguments for women’s suffrage
11.
During the Revolutionary War, a common way American women helped the Patriot cause was by
a)
acting as spies
b)
serving in the military
c)
managing factories
d)
taking their children to Canada
12.
The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it
a)
ended the British threat to the South
b)
guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists
c)
convinced the French to support the Americans
d)
forced the British to withdraw from North America
13.
In order to pay off French and Indian War debt, the British Parliament took what action?
a)
Closed the Boston Harbor
b)
Passed new colonial taxes like the Stamp Act
c)
Held a seaside tea party
d)
Allowed the colonists to chose their own governors
14.
Where did the Continental Army stay for the winter of 1777 and 1778?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Princeton
c)
Bunker Hill
d)
Trenton
15.
Who commanded the Continental Army?
a)
Henry Knox
b)
John Hancock
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
George Washington
16.
Where did George Washington and his troops surprise the British on Christmas night?
a)
Trenton
b)
Savannah
c)
Princeton
d)
Boston
17.
The legislative body (law makers) that met in Philadelphia and authorized (approved) the Declaration of Independence
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
Parliament
c)
Continental Congress
d)
Sons of Liberty
18.
Which American general was dissatisfied with his lack of credit and became an infamous traitor/spy?
a)
Howe
b)
Gates
c)
Greene
d)
Arnold
19.
How were the Americans able to defeat the British?
a)
Better trained soldiers
b)
Assistance of the French
c)
A superior navy
d)
Assistance of the Hessians
20.
After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed this set of laws in order to punish Massachusetts.
a)
Proclamation of 1863
b)
Sugar and Stamp Acts
c)
Writs of Assistance
d)
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
21.
In which event were colonists shot after teasing British soldiers?
a)
Lexington & Concord
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Boston Massacre
22.
Who ruled Great Britain during the 1770's?
a)
King James
b)
King Charles II
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
King George III
23.
Colonists were against taxes from Great Britain because the--
a)
colonies had no representation in Parliament.
b)
taxes were too high.
c)
British people had no representation in Parliament.
d)
colonists wanted American Indians and French to pay all the taxes.
24.
Paul Revere became famous as a patriot who--
a)
gained Spain's support for American independence.
b)
was a member of the Continental Congress.
c)
saved the lives of many patriots as a battlefield doctor.
d)
made a daring ride to warn colonists of the British arrival in Lexington.
25.
Who was the Commander of the British at Yorktown that surrendered and marked the end of the Revolutionary War?
a)
General George Washington
b)
Lord Charles Cornwallis
c)
General Burgoyne
d)
Captain Daniel Morgan
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