WorksheetsYou know what about the American Revolution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence are defined as...
a)
Life, Liberty, and Property
b)
Every man is created equal
c)
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
d)
The right to bear arms
2.
This struggle between the British and the French in the colonies of North America was part of a worldwide war known as the Seven Years' War
a)
French and Indian War
b)
American Revolution
c)
War of 1812
d)
War with Mexico
3.
A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, in order to avoid conflict with the Native Americans.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Intolerable Proclamation
4.
Who was the British monarch leading up to the American Revolution?
a)
John Adams
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
George III
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
5.
Why did Parliament choose to raise taxes on the American colonies beginning in 1763?
a)
To help pay the French and Indian War debt
b)
To build a new home for the monarch
c)
To paint a new Proclamation Line through the mountains
d)
To buy a surplus of rice and indigo
6.
What was the name of the group that spread word of British taxation and organized colonial protests?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Minutemen
d)
Allies
7.
What was the goal of the British in marching to Lexington and Concord?
a)
To enforce the writs of assistance
b)
To find John Adams
c)
To seize colonial arms and ammunition
d)
To begin the Boston Massacre
8.
Who defended the British redcoats in the trial involving the Boston Massacre?
a)
Sam Adams
b)
John Hancock
c)
George III
d)
John Adams
9.
A tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies.
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Document Tax
10.
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
To allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains
b)
To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party
c)
To punish the Georgia colony for the Sugar Act
d)
To prevent the smuggling of molasses
11.
Required colonists to provide food and shelter to British troops stationed in the colonies.
a)
Housing Administration Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Stamp Act
12.
What was the result of the First Continental Congress?
a)
They passed the Coercive Acts
b)
They agreed to unify and boycott British goods
c)
They created a Proclamation Line
d)
They seized arms and ammunition
13.
At the Boston Tea Party, members of the Sons of Liberty dumped cases of tea into the Boston _______.
a)
roads
b)
bridges
c)
lake
d)
harbor
14.
What does the phrase "no taxation without representation" mean?
a)
colonists do not want any taxes ever
b)
colonists should have a say in what taxes they pay
c)
colonists don't want a tax on tea, but every other tax is okay
15.
The American Revolution was a conflict between the colonists and _____________.
a)
the French
b)
the Spanish
c)
the British
d)
the Native Americans
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