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WorksheetsRevolutionary War STAAR Hastings
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 2hrs 46mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following best completes this diagram below?
a)
Colonists sought military support from France.
b)
Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.
c)
Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.
d)
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
2.
British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they?
a)
feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians.
b)
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France.
c)
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion.
d)
wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations.
3.
The Continental Congress issued this commission to?
a)
Benedict Arnold
b)
Alexander Hamilton
c)
John Hancock
d)
George Washington
4.
What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
a)
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.
b)
Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.
c)
The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service.
d)
British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.
5.
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
John Locke
d)
Alexander Hamilton
6.
Last major battle of the American Revolution, in which the British surrendered because a lack of supplies.
a)
Lexington
b)
Concord
c)
Yorktown
d)
Paris
7.
Which monarch ruled Great Britain during the 1770's?
a)
King James
b)
King Charles II
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
King George III
8.
The Proclamation of 1763 restricted--
a)
colonists from moving back to Great Britain.
b)
the western movement of settlers.
c)
the control of colonial legislatures.
d)
the amount of tea imported from Europe.
9.
What significant event happened at the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
a)
End of the Revolutionary War.
b)
Colonists were shot after taunting British soldiers.
c)
Site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War.
d)
The French joined the American colonists in fighting the British.
10.
When did the Second Continental Congress sign the document creating "free and independent states."
a)
March 5, 1770
b)
December 16, 1773
c)
April 19, 1775
d)
July 4, 1776
11.
What battle that ended with an American victory was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Quebec
d)
Battle of Saratoga
12.
In which event were colonists shot after taunting British soldiers?
a)
Lexington & Concord
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Boston Massacre
13.
Great Britain eventually recognized American independence by signing the--
a)
Treaty of Paris in 1783
b)
Declaration of Independence in 1776.
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Stamp Act of 1765
14.
Who published a pamphlet, "Common Sense," encouraging Americans to declare independence?
a)
John Adams
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Thomas Paine
15.
Unalienable Rights
*Life
*Liberty
*Pursuit of Happiness
The rights listed above were -
*Life
*Liberty
*Pursuit of Happiness
The rights listed above were -
a)
established by a series of Supreme Court decisions.
b)
defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
c)
established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
d)
defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address.
16.
Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of Civil Disobedience?
a)
Colonists throwing British Tea into Boston Harbor
b)
Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France
c)
Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors
d)
firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Mass.
17.
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a)
1775
b)
1776
c)
1781
d)
1901
18.
What battle is known as the turning point of the American Revolution?
a)
Concorn
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Valley Forge
d)
Saratoga
19.
Which American diplomat convinced France to become and ally with the United States during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
20.
Who was a Naval War hero who is famous for saying "I've not yet begun to fight?"
a)
James Armistead
b)
John Paul Jones
c)
Haym Solomon
d)
Benedict Arnold
21.
In what battle did General Cornwallis surrender?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Lexington
c)
Concornd
d)
Yorktown
22.
Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
a)
John Adams
b)
General Lord Cornwallis
c)
George Washington
d)
Abigail Adams
23.
Who is known for writing "Remember the Ladies"?
a)
Abigail Adams
b)
John Adams
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Amy Adams
24.
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?"
a)
Patrick Adams
b)
Mercy Otis Warren
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
John Patrick
25.
What battle was known as the "Shot heard around the world?"
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Saratoga
c)
Yorktown
d)
Bunkerhill
26.
What does boycott mean?
a)
to sell goods only to England
b)
to refuse to buy goods
c)
to trade only with England
d)
to buy cots for boys
27.
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
28.
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
29.
How would you describe the winter at Valle Forge?
a)
Cold and challenging
b)
Hot and tropical
c)
Great food
30.
What group emerged to protest the economic policies of Britain?
a)
Boston Elite
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Colonial Army
d)
Gorilla Warfare
31.
Why did British economic policy change towards the colonies?
a)
Britain was in debt due to its war with Spain
b)
Britain needed extra money to pay off mercenaries
c)
Cash crops were needed in the colonies
d)
War debt due to the French and Indian War
32.
Why were the colonists OUTRAGED about the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
It made them move west
b)
It created a religious divide in the colonies
c)
It stopped them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
d)
It did not allow them to move east of the Atlantic Ocean
33.
What do the following men have in common
Benardo de Galvez
Haym Salomon
Wentworth Chesswell
Marquis de LaFayette
James Armistead
Benardo de Galvez
Haym Salomon
Wentworth Chesswell
Marquis de LaFayette
James Armistead
a)
All were captured and killed at Saratoga
b)
All were spies for the Redcoats
c)
All were Ethnic heroes of the American Revolution
d)
All were spies for the Continental Army
34.
Who was the volunteer from France who became Washington’s trusted aide?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Francis Marion
c)
Marquis de Lafeyette
d)
Thomas Pain
35.
Describes the relationship between a colony sending raw materials to the mother country in return for goods and products
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Colonial Grievances
d)
Boston Tea Party
36.
This Jewish financier gave America interest-free loans during the war.
a)
Haym Solomon
b)
Wentworth Cheswell
c)
John Paul Jones
d)
John Adams
37.
Samuel Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere and John Hancock all were_______ who supported the rebel cause.
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutrals
d)
Republicans
38.
Colonists who sided with the British were known as
a)
patriots
b)
militias
c)
loyalists or torries
d)
lobsterbacks
39.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
40.
This law stated that the colonists must pay a tax for all paper goods- angered colonists because of taxation without representation
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
French and Indian War
41.
Why were colonists unhappy about the taxes that were being imposed on them?
a)
because they had no voice in British Parliament
b)
because they did not believe in taxes
42.
What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Sugar Act
43.
General Washington and his men experienced cold and harsh conditions. Marquis de Lafayette joins Washington to train the army. Washington promotes loyalty and reads, “These are the times that try men’s souls” by Thomas Paine.
a)
Lexington & Concord
b)
Saratoga
c)
Valley Forge
d)
Yorktown
44.
African American slave who acted as a spy.
a)
James Armistead
b)
Haym Salomon
c)
Bernardo de Galvez
d)
Dred Scott
45.
Led Spanish armies against the British in the American Revolution Kept the British from taking the Mississippi River.
a)
Haym Slomon
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
John Paul Jones
d)
Bernardo de Galvez
46.
Leader of the Sons of Liberty. Leader of the Boston Tea Party. Member of the Committee of Correspondence. Was a Patriot.
a)
John Paul Jones
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Mercy Otis Warren
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
47.
Wrote pamphlets, poems and plays as a form of protest against the British.
a)
Abigail Adams
b)
Mercy Otis Warren
c)
Phillis Wheatley
d)
Sojourner Truth
48.
African American patriot during the American Revolution, made a midnight run to New Hampshire to warn of a British invasion and fought with Continental Army at Saratoga.
a)
Wentworth Cheswell
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
Crispus Attucks
49.
American patriot woman, famous for writing anti-British Revolutionary poetry and books. Her notes were used to write the 1st History book on the American Revolution.
a)
Mercy Otis Warren
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Abigail Adams
50.
Who believed in a doctrine of natural rights which outlined the fundamental rights all humans should enjoy: life, liberty, and property?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
The Magna Carta
c)
William Blackstone
d)
John Locke
51.
What is the economic system called that states that the colonies exist solely to enrich the mother country?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Free Market
52.
Who was the phillosopher who stated that all persons are created with the fundamental natiral rights of "life, ;iberty and property?"
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
William Penn
c)
Baron de Montesquieu
d)
John Locke
53.
Who is the "Father of the U.S. Navy?"
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
James Monroe
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
John Paul Jones
54.
This painting depicts---
a)
The Boston Tea Party
b)
The Battle of Saratoga
c)
The Battle of Trenton
d)
John Paul Jones
55.
This engraving depicts...
a)
The Boston Tea Party
b)
The Battle of Lexington
c)
The Boston Massacre
d)
The Battle of Yorktown
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