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Revolution Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the unalienable rights from the Declaration of Independence?

a)

life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

b)

life, happiness and food

c)

citizenship, voting, liberty

d)

independence, good health, good looks

2.

Why was Saratoga the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

a)

It convinced the French to join the Americans which ultimately helped the Americans to win the war.

b)

George Washington became general during that battle.

c)

The British began to surrender

d)

American Indian tribes decided to side with the Americans.

3.

What was a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Colonists were forced to quarter (shelter) soldiers in their home.

b)

Colonists were forced to name their first-born sons after the king.

c)

Colonists were forced to move past the Appalachian mountains.

d)

Colonists were forced to use British money.

4.

This was a tax on all printed paper in the 13 Colonies.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Townshend Act

5.
Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."
a)
Transportation
b)
Relaxation
c)
Representation
d)
Sensation
6.

This event when a mob of American colonists ganged up on British soldiers to protest. Soldiers fired into the crowd and killed five people. Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Bloody Valentine

7.

How did the colonists protest against the tea tax?

a)

Dressed up like Native Americans

b)

Creating a mob to harm British soldiers

c)

Dumped tea into Boston harbor

d)

Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

8.

How did Parliament punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Passing the Intolerable or Coercive Acts

b)

Passing the Sugar Act

c)

Passing the Quartering Act

d)

Passing the Stamp Act

9.

Which action by the king forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Proclamation line of 1763

b)

Proclamation boundary

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Borderlands

10.

What does Quartering mean? (think cuarto de estar in Spanish)

a)

Providing food and shelter for soldiers

b)

Hitting someone with a quarter

c)

To pay soldiers in quarters

d)

Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain

11.

Why did King George III and Parliament tax the colonists so heavily?

a)

King George hated the colonists

b)

Parliement wanted more money for themselves

c)

Great Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War and needed money.

d)

They thought the colonies were not making enough money for the money country.

12.

The first battles of the Revolutionary War occurred when the Massachusetts Minutemen fired on British troops at -

a)

Boston

b)

Philidelphia

c)

Saratoga

d)

Lexington and Concord

13.

This American victory was the turning point in the war because it was the first major victory for the Continental Army and convinced France to become their ally.

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Lexington and Concord

14.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Bad Bunny

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Benjamin Franklin

15.

Surrounded by French and Continental armies, a large British army surrendered here. This battle won the war for the Americans!

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Lexington and Concord

16.

The U.S. was born on July 4, 1776, when this document was signed.

a)
the Treaty of Paris
b)
the Constitution
c)
the Declaration of Independence
d)
the Virginia Charter
17.
The Sons of Liberty were:
a)
the children of our Founding Fathers.
b)
a professional dance team.
c)
Patriots who protested taxes.
d)
the writers of the Declaration of the Independence.
18.
Who won the American Revolution?
a)
The British
b)
The American Colonists
19.

Continental Army, Patriots, Minutemen were all names for the

a)

Americans

b)

British

20.

Redcoats, English, Loyalists were all names for the

a)

Americans

b)

British

21.

In this place, the Continental Army suffered from cold, hunger and want in the winter of 1777 but came out stronger and more united.

a)

Valley Forge

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Lexington and Concord

22.

What officially ended the war and forced Great Britain to acknowledge the US as an independent country?

a)

Treaty of Paris of 1783

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

23.

After the many things that the British did to the colonists (tax acts, taking away their rights, controlling colonies), what did the colonists decide to try first BEFORE declaring their independence?

a)

sending a letter with a list of grievances to the king.

b)

attacking and executing the king.

c)

becoming allies with France.

24.

Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?

a)

George Washington

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Lizzo

d)

Benjamin Franklin

25.
Which two men were the most prominent leaders of the Boston Sons of Liberty?
a)

Sam Adams, John Hancock

b)

John Adams, George Washington

c)

Paul Revere, Patrick Henry

d)

John Adams, Paul Revere

26.

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

a)

French vs. Indians

b)

British vs. Canadians

c)

British vs. French and Indians

d)

Indians vs. British

27.

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Colonists were BANNED from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

b)

The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War.

c)

Colonists were ENCOURAGED to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

d)

The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.

28.

What officially ended the Revolutionary War?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Yorktown

c)

Saratoga

d)

Valley Forge