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Steps to the Revolutionary War

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
a)
When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
b)
When people are taxed twice on the same item
c)
When some people get taxed and others don't
d)
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is
2.
The leader of England was
a)
George III
b)
John Hancock
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
3.
What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Navigation Act
4.
What law placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and British goods?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Navigations Acts
d)
Stamp Act
5.
After the Boston Tea Party...
a)
England did not tax the colonists
b)
King George surrendered
c)
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts
6.
The British soldiers were called lobsterbacks or redcoats because of their red uniforms.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
A group of colonists dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into the ocean. The became known as the Boston Tea party.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
On the night of Paul Revere's ride, the colonists used lanterns to share a message about how the British were traveling: "One if by land, two if by sea."
a)
True
b)
False
10.
There were no women or African Americans who helped in the Revolutionary War.
a)
True
b)
False
11.

Why did the King impose taxes on the colonist?

a)

to be greedy

b)

to payoff the debt from the French and Indian War

c)

to pay for new weapons

d)

to protest the stamp act

12.

Who fought in the French and Indian war?

a)

French against the Indians

b)

British against the colonist

c)

French and Indians against the British and Colonist

d)

French and Indians against the Germans and Colonist

13.

Why were the colonist so angry after winning the French and Indian war?

a)

the King wouldn't let them have the land they had won.

b)

the King took all their weapons

c)

the King told them they couldn't drink tea

d)

George Washington became King

14.

What was the name of the tax that was issued on 54 different kinds of paper?

a)

The Paper Act

b)

Tax Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Molasses Act

15.

What did not happen at the Boston Massacre?

a)

a colonist fired back at a British soldier

b)

the British killed 5 colonist

c)

the colonist threw snowballs at the soldiers

d)

the colonists threw rocks at the soldiers

16.

How many chests of tea were thrown into Boston Harbor?

a)

56

b)

342

c)

500

d)

too many to count

17.

How did the King punish the colonist for throwing the tea into the harbor?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

18.

Which one is NOT one of the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Boston harbor closed

b)

Town meetings were cancelled

c)

Colonist must house and feed British soldiers

d)

Colonist will be tried in Boston for any crime committed

19.

The First Continental Congress sent delegates from the colonies to discuss their rights and unite as one country.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Minutemen were

a)

ready to fight in a minutes notice

b)

men that opposed the Sons of Liberty

c)

men that worked for Ben Franklin

d)

men that protected Adams and Hancock

21.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

a tax put on paper, glass and tea

b)

the closing of Boston's port

c)

a statement by the King stating the colonist couldn't move west of the Appalachians

d)

the housing of British soldiers

22.
 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Thomas Jefferson
23.
What was the date that the Declaration of Independence was signed?
a)
July 4, 1776
b)
July 2, 1776
c)
July 4, 1787
d)
July 2, 1775
24.
What country did The United States declare independence from?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Belgium
25.
The Declaration states that all men are created ___________.
a)
Just
b)
Equal
c)
the same
d)
Free
26.
Thomas Paine published_________________ to gain more people to join the independence movement.
a)
Common Core
b)
Common Independence
c)
Common Sense
d)
Common Knowledge
27.
What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?
a)
to persuade British troops to leave Boston.
b)
to encourage colonists to join the army.
c)
to convince Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act
d)
to ask King George to make peace with the colonies.
28.

Where was the first shot fired?

a)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Cowpens

d)

Battle of Charleston

29.

Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Crispus Attuks

c)

Phyllis Wheatley

d)

George Washington

30.

Who disguised herself as a man to fight in the war?

a)

Phyllis Wheatley

b)

Martha Washington

c)

Abigail Adams

d)

Deborah Sampson

31.

Which battle was the turning point of the war for the Patriots?

a)

Battle of Cowpens

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Lexington & Concord

d)

Battle of Charleston

32.

What was the result of the Battle at Bunker Hill?

a)

Patriots retreated but the British lost more men.

b)

Patriots surrendered

c)

British surrendered

d)

British retreated and the Patriots won.

33.

Why did the Americans win the Battle of Yorktown?

a)

General Cornwallis was tired of chasing the Continental Army

b)

General Washington surrounded the British on land, and the French navy blocked the bay

c)

The Patriots were able to fight the British on the open fields

d)

The Patriots had new uniforms

34.

Which battle was the last major battle of the war?

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Battle of Charleston

d)

Battle of Cowpens

35.

Why did many African-Americans fight during the war?

a)

They were promised good jobs after the war.

b)

They were promised freedom from slavery.

c)

They were offered a lot of money.

d)

They were given land to farm.

36.

Why did many soldiers die during the encampment at Valley Forge?

a)

They died of disease, starvation, and/or freezing to death.

b)

The British attacked the fort.

c)

They didn't have time to build the fort.

d)

They were outnumbered by the British.

37.
Who were the Hessian mercenaries?
a)
enslaved Africans who were forced to fight in the war
b)
women who were hired to work in the American army camps
c)
People who had sacrificed their life for a noble cause.
d)
professional soldiers from a German state hired to fight for Britain
38.
Which treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
a)
Treaty of New York
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Washington
d)
Treaty of Congress
39.
At first, the ____________ Army was made up of untrained and undisciplined volunteers.
a)
privateers
b)
Continental
c)
British
d)
French
40.
Which of these was a weakness of the Continental army at the start of the war?
a)
supply shortages 
b)
weak commanders
c)
unfamiliar territory
d)
long travel distances
41.
Which of these nations became an American ally after the victory at Saratoga?
a)
France
b)
Canada
c)
Mexico
d)
Germany
42.
People who were loyal to England and the King were called _______.
a)
loyalists
b)
patriots
c)
minutemen
d)
Englanders
43.
What were some of the jobs women did during the Revolutionary War?
a)
nurse
b)
messenger
c)
ran farms/plantations
d)
all of these
44.
Which law said that colonists had to allow British troops to stay in their homes?
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Townshend Act
45.
Which tax law charged a fee paint, tea, and glass?
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Townshend Act
46.
What was the name of the colonist's/American army?
a)
British Army
b)
Continental Army
c)
US Army
d)
World Army
47.
Who was the patriot who warned colonists in Lexington, MA that "the British are coming"?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
George Washington
c)
John Hancock
d)
Sam Adams
48.
Who was a former slave and famous African American poet in Boston?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
Phillis Wheatley
c)
Betsy Ross
d)
John Hancock
49.
Which founding father traveled to France during the war to gain French support for the American's cause?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Adams
d)
Benjamin Franklin
50.
Which person supported the Revolution, and independence from the British?
a)
patriot
b)
neutralist
c)
loyalist
d)
philosopher
51.

An organized refusal of something is called a/an

a)

independent

b)

strike

c)

boycott

d)

purge

52.

The Crossing of the Delaware was

a)

a surprise attack on the Continental Army

b)

a surprise attack on the Hessians on Christmas

c)

the surrender place of Cornwallis

d)

the signing of the treaty

53.

Who was the first person to sew the US flag?

a)

Debroah Sampson

b)

Betsy Ross

c)

Abigail Adams

d)

Phyllis Wheatley

54.

Who was famous for saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

a)

John Hancock

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Paul Revere

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