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American Revolution Test Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the loyalists?

a)

People who supported/fought for the king

b)

People who supported/fought for independence

c)

People who didn't choose a side

d)

Mr. Haff's favorite rugby team

2.

Who were the patriots?

a)

The best football team ever

b)

People who supported/fought for the king

c)

People who supported/fought for independence

d)

People who didn't choose a side

3.

Who were the fence-sitters

a)

People who supported/fought for the king

b)

People who supported/fought for independence

c)

Mr. Haff's fence building company

d)

People who didn't pick sides in the Revolution

4.

Who were the minutemen/militiamen

a)

Volunteer patriot soldiers (they always had their equipment so they could fight at any minute)

b)

Redcoats

c)

People who can get their homework done in a minute

d)

The King's personal army

5.

What is guerrilla warfare?

a)

When the colonists used gorillas to help them beat the British

b)

Fighting while standing in a line out in the open

c)

Fighting from behind trees, sneak attacks, or other "dishonorable" (according to the British) ways of fighting

d)

The next hit dubstep song

6.

What did Patrick Henry say?

a)

Give me a sandwich or a soup

b)

Give me liberty or give me death

c)

Give me liberty or not, I'm cool with either

d)

Give me liberty or give me taxes

7.

Do you know what the Declaration of Independence says (in all the parts)?

a)

No, I need to study more

b)

Yes, I've been reading it over

8.

What 3 groups were not represented in the Declaration of Independence (DoI)?

a)

Women, African Americans, Native Americans

b)

Men, Women, African Americans

c)

Men, Women, Native Americans

d)

Men, Native Americans, African Americans

9.

What was salutary neglect?

a)

A time when the British ignored the colonists; the colonists were sad they were being ignored

b)

The secret ingredient in Olive Garden salad dressing

c)

A time when the British ignored the colonists; they liked being ignored

d)

The time when taxes increased in the colonies

10.

How did the colonists respond to taxes?

a)

Boycotts

b)

Burning stamped paper

c)

Tar and feathering tax collectors

d)

Immediately going to war

11.

What were the colonists supposedly most upset about with the taxes?

a)

That they didn't get a say in Parliament

b)

That the taxes were too low

c)

That the taxes were supposed to only be on paper

d)

That Sam Adams couldn't drink any more tea

12.

What were the main effects of the French and Indian War?

a)

Britain was in debt

b)

The relationship between Britain and the 13 Colonies was growing tense

c)

The 13 colonies and the American Indians got along great

d)

France and Britain were permanent allies after the war

13.

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Ben Franklin

14.

What did Ben Franklin do?

a)

Invented bifocals

b)

Invented the Franklin Stove

c)

Encouraged France to help in the Revolution

d)

Helped edit the DoI and served in the Continental Congress

15.

Who led the Continental Army?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

16.

Who spied on the British and let Washington know that the army was going to Yorktown (last major battle)?

a)

Sybil Luddington

b)

James Armistead (Lafayette)

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Abigail Adams

17.

Who's the Marquis de Lafayette?

a)

A name no one can say correctly

b)

A French nobleman who donated men, ships, and his abilities in war

c)

A German soldier who helped train the army at Valley Forge

d)

A Spanish governor who attacked British forts out west

18.

Who led the first African American soldiers?

a)

John Laurens

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Hercules Mulligan

d)

Lafayette

19.

Who was Sam Adams?

a)

He signed the Declaration of Independence real big

b)

The creator of the slogan "No taxation without representation," founder of the Sons of Liberty, and member of the Continental Congress

c)

Not the cousin of John Adams

d)

The inventor of the 3 pointed hat

20.

What did Hamilton do?

a)

Helped Washington organize the army

b)

Wrote a lot; wrote his way out of poverty

c)

Realized education & hard work is the way to success

d)

What DIDN'T he do???

21.

Who told John Adams to include women in the Declaration?

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Eliza Hamilton

22.

Who defended the soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial, served in the Continental Congress, and organized the writing of the DoI?

a)

John Laurens

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

23.

Who helped train the army at Valley Forge?

a)

Lafayette

b)

Galvez

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Von Steuben

24.

Who was the first martyr (person who dies for a heroic cause) of the Revolution?

a)

Lafayette

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

John Adams

25.

Who wrote a series of pamphlets aimed to support revolution titled Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Thomas the Tank Engine

26.

Who was George III?

a)

The King of America

b)

The King of Great Britain

c)

The King of Narnia

d)

A timelord

27.

Have you been studying the binder pages?

a)

No, I need to study more

b)

Yes!

28.

Have you been looking at the Big Picture questions we talk about often?

a)

No, I need to do that

b)

Yes!

29.

Have you looked at the various battles and why they were important?

a)

No, I really should do that

b)

Yes!