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WorksheetsRevolutionary War
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
He was a captured patriot spy who said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
a)
Benedict Arnold
b)
Nathan Hale
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
John Hancock
2.
Which is the best description of a boycott?
a)
use more of something
b)
refuse to buy
c)
a compromise
d)
a area of land
3.
At the Battle of Bunker Hill, this American commander said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Israel Putnam
4.
He was the first commander in chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John Adams
5.
Which is the best description of a revolution?
a)
a formal agreement
b)
a sudden, complete change in government
c)
hired soldiers
d)
a compromise
6.
He was a silversmith who is famous for riding a horse informing the minutemen "The British are coming, the British are coming!"
a)
John Hancock
b)
Israel Putnam
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Crispus Attucks
7.
People who were ready to fight the British at a moments notice were called...
a)
pacifists
b)
mercenaries
c)
loyalists
d)
minutemen
8.
Which is the best description of treason?
a)
to help an enemy
b)
a sudden, complete change in government
c)
hired soldiers
d)
a compromise
9.
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the third president of the United States
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Hancock
d)
John Quincy Adams
10.
Had a militia called minutemen
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
11.
Which is the best description of a militia?
a)
a formal agreement
b)
a sudden, complete change in government
c)
people who refuse to fight
d)
a volunteer army
12.
In the French and Indian War, the French and Indians fought against the British and American colonists over what?
a)
control of Asian spice trade
b)
control of the triangular slave trade
c)
land, specifically the Ohio River Valley
13.
Which is the best description of a republic?
a)
a form of government ruled by a king or queen
b)
a form of government in which people elect representatives to govern the country
c)
a form of government ruled by a dictator
d)
no government at all
14.
They supported the King
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
15.
He wrote the book Common Sense
a)
Nathan Hale
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Thomas Paine
16.
They started a revolution against the British
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
17.
He was the first killed at the Boston Massacre
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Israel Putnam
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Crispus Attucks
18.
He was a patriot who became a traitor and worked for the British army
a)
Benedict Arnold
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Israel Putnam
d)
Thomas Jefferson
19.
Included people such as John Adams, Thomas Paine and Paul Revere
a)
Loyalists
b)
Patriots
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