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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
At what meeting did they adopt the Declaration of Independence?
Albany Plan of Union
Congress
Senate
Continental Congress
Great Britain did not have the consent of the people to impose economic policies after which war?
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
Spanish War
8 years war
What was the outcome for the French after they lost the French and Indian War?
Gained territory
French won the war and resources
Lost all of their territory
What act by British Parliament upset colonists because they resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion?
Proclamation of 1768
Proclamation of 1783
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1786
What are unalienable rights?
Rights given to people in the Magna Carta
Rights given to people in the Bill of Rights
Rights given to people as a result of being human
Rights given to people as citizens
Fill in the blank. Parliament passed the _________ act of 1773 which lead to colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.
Tea
Intolerable
Sugar
Stamp
The Boston Tea Party lead to Parliament passing what act?
Stamp Act
Intolerable Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Why were colonists unhappy about their lack of representation in British Parliament?
Colonists were forced to work in factories
Colonists were unhappy about their shops
Colonists upset for taxes being imposed without their consent
Colonists could vote in Parliament
Who was appointed as General and commander in chief of the army of the United colonies during the Continental Congress?
Thomas Paine
George Washington
John Paul Jones
Thomas Jefferson
The colonists felt their rights and freedoms were being limited. What is an example of this?
No representation in Parliament
Colonists had certain rights that the King acknowledged.
Colonists sent representatives to England.
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Paul Revere
General Washington had a number of hardships during the winter of 1777-1778. Where were him and his troops located?
Valley Forge
Saratoga
Yorktown
Concord
The fighting between the minutemen and British regulars that began in ______________ began the war for independence.
Concord
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Lexington
What type of economic system forced the colonies to export gold, silver, foodstuffs, and raw materials to the Mother Country?
Free Enterprise
Boycott
Mercantilism
What battle led to the French supporting American independence AND turned the tide of war?
Jesus
Saratoga
Lexington
Yorktown
What was the name of the treaty in which Great Britain officially recognized the United States as an independent country?
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1736
Treaty of Paris 1738
Why was Jamestown founded?
To spread religion
To explore
For economic opportunities
Europe was responsible for providing what in the colonial transatlantic trade?
Raw materials
Slaves
Manufactured goods
Why did Puritans and Catholics immigrate to colonies in America?
Economic opportunities
Escape religious persecution
To find gold
How did the House of Burgesses and town hall meetings lead to representative government in America?
Gave people a place to gather
They could write letters to Parliament
Allowed people to be represented
In what year was the battle of Yorktown?
1783
1763
1781
1761
