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WorksheetsChapter 5: American Revolution
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did England tax the colonies?
a)
To help pay for war against Spanish
b)
To help pay for French and Indian War
c)
Because they wanted revenge on the colonies
2.
What English policy restricted the settlers from moving westward?
a)
Proclamation of 1763
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Treaty of Ghent
3.
What is not a source of colonial dissatisfaction?
a)
Colonists could not be represented in Parliament
b)
Colonists were taxed to help pay for the French Indian War
c)
The quality of British goods declined
4.
What was not one of the three reasons for England controlling the colonies?
a)
England was jealous of France
b)
England wanted to remain a world power
c)
Needed to pay off debt from the French and Indian War
d)
Needed to pay to maintain soldiers in the colonies
5.
What English philosopher influenced some of the key ideas of the DOI?
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
c)
Plato
d)
Socrates
6.
Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Sam Adams
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
7.
What is the famous line from the DOI that begins "We hold...."
a)
these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal"
b)
life, liberty and property are important"
c)
the people of the United States are supreme."
8.
What word is used in the DOI to describe rights that cannot be taken away such as life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?
a)
unalienable
b)
essential
c)
important
9.
What country does the DOI proclaim freedom from?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
10.
What does consent mean?
a)
refuse
b)
agreement
c)
forbid
11.
What is a legislature?
a)
group that makes laws
b)
the courts
c)
group who enforces the laws
12.
What is Parliament?
a)
Where the King lives
b)
England's legislature
c)
America's legislature
13.
What does "no taxation without representation mean"?
a)
Colonists don't want to pay any taxes
b)
Colonists are upset they have to go to Parliament
c)
Colonists don't want to pay taxes unless they can vote on them in Parliament
14.
What was the first key event leading up to the American Revolution?
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
First Continental Congress
15.
What happened on July 4, 1776?
a)
DOI approved
b)
First major battle
c)
American Revolution ended
16.
Where were the first shots fired between British soldiers and the colonists?
a)
Battle of Manassas
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Lexington and Concord
17.
What battle was the first major battle of the American Revolution?
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Bunker Hill
18.
What battle marked the end of fighting in the American Revolution?
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Battle of Saratoga
c)
Battle of Bunker Hill
19.
What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?
a)
To declare war against England
b)
To express support for England
c)
To discuss problems with England
20.
Which battle was the turning point of American Revolution?
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
21.
Which southern colony did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress?
a)
Florida
b)
Georgia
c)
North Carolina
22.
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
a)
Thousands of colonists were attacked by the British
b)
Thousands of British were attacked by the colonists
c)
Colonists were shot after taunting British soliders
23.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
a)
England recognized American independence
b)
England recognized France's independence
c)
Began the American Revolution
24.
When did the Revolutionary War officially end?
a)
After the Battle of Yorktown
b)
After the Treaty of Paris
c)
After the Declaration of Independence
25.
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Madison
26.
What group of philosophers influenced the DOI?
a)
Asian
b)
African
c)
South American
d)
European
27.
What two Patriots participated in the Boston Tea Party of 1773?
a)
John Adams and Sam Adams
b)
John Adams and Paul Revere
c)
Sam Adams and Paul Revere
28.
How did Phillis Wheatley support independence?
a)
She was nurse
b)
She wrote poems and plays
c)
She was a spy
29.
Who rode to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists about the arrival of the British soldiers?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
George Washington
c)
Benjamin Franklin
30.
Who is remembered for his famous speech "Give me liberty or give me death"?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
Patrick Henry
31.
What famous printer, inventor, and writer from PA helped write the DOI?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
James Madison
32.
Who was the King of England during the Revolutionary War?
a)
King John I
b)
King George III
c)
King George II
33.
Who promoted the cause for independence, helped write the DOI, and later became our second President?
a)
John Adams
b)
Sam Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
34.
What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?
a)
DOI
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Common Sense
35.
What is the name of French nobleman who served in the Continental Army?
a)
Lord Cornwallis
b)
Lafayette
c)
L'Enfant
36.
What nation supported the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Argentina
37.
Which was not an advantage of the colonists?
a)
Help from France
b)
Over a century of self-rule
c)
Help from Russia
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