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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An attempt to overthrow or change one government for another; like a rebellion
a)
Imperial
b)
Militia
c)
Revolution
d)
I don't know
2.
To have total control over something, like an industry or goods.
a)
Skirmish
b)
Revenue
c)
Patriot
d)
Monopoly
3.
Of or relating to an empire.
a)
Parliament
b)
Imperial
c)
Skirmish
d)
Loyalist
4.
A soldier who was ready to fight in a minute's notice (very quickly).
a)
Monopoly
b)
Minuteman
c)
Militia
d)
Mercenary
5.
English Congress
a)
Militia
b)
Patriot
c)
Revolution
d)
Parliament
6.
Money earned by a person or organization.
a)
Revenue
b)
Imperial
c)
Monopoly
d)
Minutemen
7.
A fight between a smaller number of soldiers that may lead to a larger battle.
a)
Militia
b)
Patriot
c)
Revolution
d)
Skirmish
8.
An agreement between nations or groups, usually about peace or trade.
a)
Treaty
b)
Neutral
c)
Parliament
d)
Revenue
9.
A military force made up of civilians trained as soldiers that weren't part of the regular army.
a)
Imperial
b)
Loyalist
c)
Patriot
d)
Militia
10.
A colonist who favored rebellion and desired independence from England.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Patriot
c)
Neutral
d)
I don't know
11.
A colonist who did not favor any side in the American Revolution.
a)
Patriot
b)
Loyalist
c)
Neutral
d)
I don't know
12.
A colonist who supported England/Great Britain and wanted to colonies to remain governed by them.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Neutral
c)
Patriot
d)
I don't know
13.
Which major battle caused the British to lose hope and give up the effort to defeat the Americans?
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of Trenton
c)
Battle of Yorktown
d)
Battle of Long Island
14.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
John Adams
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Thomas Jefferson
15.
Where did the Continental Army stay for its winter encampment?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Princeton
c)
Bunker Hill
d)
Trenton
16.
Who commanded the Continental Army?
a)
Henry Knox
b)
John Hancock
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
George Washington
17.
Where did George Washington and his troops surprise an encampment of German Hessians?
a)
Trenton
b)
Savannah
c)
Princeton
d)
Boston
18.
What event did Paul Revere memorialize in a wood carving?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
19.
Who defended the Boston soldiers in court following the Boston Massacre?
a)
Sam Adams
b)
John Hancock
c)
James Otis
d)
John Adams
20.
The French nobleman who accompanied Washington for most of the war and lobbied for the French King to help the Americans
a)
Montcalm
b)
Lafayette
c)
Cornwallis
d)
Howe
21.
The legislative body that met in Philadelphia and authorized the Declaration of Independence
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
Parliament
c)
Continental Congress
d)
Sons of Liberty
22.
Which American general was dissatisfied with his lack of credit and became an infamous traitor?
a)
Howe
b)
Gates
c)
Greene
d)
Arnold
23.
What name was given to colonists who favored revolution?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Mercenaries
c)
Lobsterbacks
d)
Patriots
24.
Which battle ended the British occupation of New England and convinced France to join the Americans?
a)
Vincennes
b)
Saratoga
c)
Yorktwon
d)
Serapis
25.
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
26.
What document signaled the official end of the war?
a)
Common Sense
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Rights of Man
27.
What is the correct order of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Wrongs, Preamble, Natural Rights, Declaration
b)
Preamble, Declaration, Natural Rights, Wrongs
c)
Declaration, Wrongs, Natural Rights, Preamble
d)
Preamble, Natural Rights, Wrongs, Declaration
28.
What group tracked new British laws and met to organize and start colonial protests?
a)
Writs of Assistance
b)
Sons of Anarchy
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
Liberty Ladies
29.
Why did the British choose to move their army to the South?
a)
warmer climate
b)
followed the Continental Army
c)
larger population of Patriots
d)
larger population of Loyalists
30.
Organized a militia group of sharp shooters
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
Daniel Morgan
c)
Henry Knox
d)
Lafayette
31.
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
32.
Who is the best 8th Grade American History Teacher
a)
Mr. Walls
b)
Mr. Walls
c)
A chipmunk (Alvin)
d)
Mr. Myers
33.
Which skirmishes opened the American Revolution
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Trenton and Princeton
c)
Battles of the Great Lakes
d)
Lexington and Concord
34.
What battle tactic involves the blockading and surrounding of an enemy?
a)
guerilla warfare
b)
siege
c)
jousting
d)
surrender
35.
Who led the first victorious assault on a British ship during the American Revolution?
a)
Henry Knox
b)
George Washington
c)
John Paul Jones
d)
The Swamp Fox
36.
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
37.
When parliament passed the Stamp Act, what was the most immediate effect?
a)
Quartering of soldiers
b)
US seeks help from France
c)
Colonists boycotted British goods
d)
Sons of Liberty threw tea in to the harbor
38.
Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense and The Crisis arguing for American independence from Britain.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
John Locke
d)
Benjamin Franklin
39.
1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Committees of Correspondence
c)
Patriots
d)
Declaration of Independence
40.
Military formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies
a)
Loyalist
b)
Committees of Correspondence
c)
Join or Die
d)
Continental Army
41.
Showed that the colonist could stand next to the British forces; the Americans inflicted large casualties on the British but lost the battle due to a shortage of ammunition
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Battle of Trenton
d)
Battle of Saratoga
42.
A cause of distress felt to afford a reason for complaint, formal or informal
a)
Grievance
b)
Olive Branch Petition
c)
Advocate
d)
Join or Die
43.
1774: Held in Philadelphia. The colonial delegates agreed to boycott British goods and wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances (which said they would meet up again if they had to). This was the first sign of unification of the colonies.
a)
Second Continental Congress
b)
First Continental Congress
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Trenton
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Albany Plan of Union
44.
Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776 and defeated the Hessian soldiers there fighting for the British.
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battle of Trenton
45.
Thomas Paine's writing to encourage Americans to keep fighting for independence from Britain.
a)
The Crisis
b)
Loyalist
c)
Join or Die
d)
Patriots
46.
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
a)
Advocate
b)
The Crisis
c)
Patriots
d)
Loyalists
47.
Publicly recommend or support a particular cause or policy
a)
Patriots
b)
Advocate
c)
Loyalist
d)
Grievance
48.
An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies
a)
Daughters of Liberty
b)
Committees of Correspondence
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Advocate
49.
A final attempt to avoid a war between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain; it affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict
a)
Advocate
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Join or Die
d)
Olive Branch Petition
50.
Final battle of the revolution where Washington and his army and Rochambeau and the French troops defeated the Cornwallis and the British troops
a)
Battle of Trenton
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Battle of Yorktown
d)
Battle of Saratoga
51.
1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
a)
Second Continental Congress
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
52.
1775: Send the Olive Branch Petition to King George III, called on the colonies to send troops to create the Continental Army, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee of 5 to draft the Declaration of Independence.
a)
Albany Plan of Union
b)
Second Continental Congress
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Join or die
53.
Where Washington trained the Continental Army in the winter; they suffered from illness and a severe lack of supplies
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Trenton
c)
Saratoga
d)
Princeton
54.
Battle where the Continental Army defeated the English. It was a turning point in the war because it proved to the French that the Americans could possibly win this war, so the French sent troops and supplies.
a)
Battle of Trenton
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
55.
"The Shot Heard Round the World"- The first battle of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts.
a)
Battle of Trenton
b)
Battle of Triconderoga
c)
Battle of Yorktown
d)
Battle of Lexington
56.
American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
a)
Advocate
b)
Patriots
c)
Loyalists
d)
The Crisis
57.
What document said a person's natural (unalienable) rights could NOT be taken away?
a)
Virginia House of Burgesses
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Constitution
d)
Magna Carta
58.
Who was the father of our US Navy and known to defeat the British Navy at sea?
a)
Haym Saloman
b)
James Armistead
c)
Wentworth Cheswell
d)
John Paul Jones
59.
In which battle did the patriots successfully capture two British generals?
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Ticonderoga
d)
Battle of Lexington & Concord
60.
Which is an example of civic duty?
a)
Jurors selected in murder trial
b)
Protesters met in downtown by the court house
c)
Pilots boycott American Airlines
d)
Bill Gates donates $15 million dollars to education
61.
What is the importance of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
a)
It ended the revolution and Britain recognized the US as an independent nation.
b)
It ended the revolution and gave the colonists all of Britain's lands in the new world.
c)
It set the terms of surrender by the Continental Army to General Lord Cornwallis.
d)
It gave Canadian territory held by Britain to France.
62.
Who were two authors that wrote about the American Revolution and were considered influential patriots?
a)
John Adams & Thomas Jefferson
b)
Phyllis Wheatley and Mercy Otis Warren
c)
Mercy Otis Warren & Abigail Adams
d)
Wentworth Cheswell & James Armistead
63.
Why were the colonists angry about paying taxes?
a)
Their limited amount of representatives in British Parliament
b)
Their complete lack of representatives in British Parliament
c)
Their restricted ability to cross the Appalachian Mountains
d)
Because they couldn't choose who they purchased their tea from
64.
Who is this?
-Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
-Sailed to Paris to negotiate the treaty with England
-Reviewed the Declaration of Independence
-Main spokesperson for patriots in 2nd Continental Congress
-Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
-Sailed to Paris to negotiate the treaty with England
-Reviewed the Declaration of Independence
-Main spokesperson for patriots in 2nd Continental Congress
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Paine
65.
Which group of people below are heroes of the American Revolution?
a)
Phyllis Wheatley, John Adams, Bernardo de Galvez
b)
James Armistead, Wentworth Cheswell, George Washington
c)
Benjamin Franklin, Benedict Arnold, Mercy Otis Warren
d)
Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, John Locke
66.
Which document listed grievances against the king, gave reasons the colonies should leave England, and declared the colonies free and independent?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Constitution
c)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d)
Declaration of Independence
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