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WorksheetsUnit 3: American Independence
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins
What was a common characteristic of many paintings made during the Revolutionary Era?
Most paintings were of government officials.
Paintings usually depicted the subject's possessions.
Portraits were a popular art form at this time period.
Religion was the subject of paintings.
Abigail Adams worked to influence the development of government in the United States by
leading a nonviolent march for women's rights
encouraging her husband to support women's rights
voting for representatives that supported women's rights
conspiring to raise an armed rebellion for women's rights
Why were colonists angry with the Tea Act of 1773?
Disgust about the poor quality of tea
Anger about the armed ships being in the harbor protecting tea traders
Resentment of the British East India Company for monopolizing the tea trade
Dislike of the British customs officials who allowed tea shipments into Boston
Prior to 1763, colonists violated the economic policy of ____ that was enforced by the Navigation Acts.
Stamp Act
Mercantilism
Free Enterprise
Intolerable Acts
This famous work of art was created in response to
closing of Boston Harbor
siege at Bunker Hill
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Women patriots contributed to the Revolutionary War effort by spying for the Patriots, fundraising for the Patriot army, and fighting on the battlefield.
True
False
Which of the following is the correct sequence of events leading to the American Revolution?
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Townsend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Townsend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Stamp Act
Townsend Acts
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Townsend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Which action was taken by the leaders of the 13 colonies in 1776?
Ratifying the US Constitution
Writing the Articles of Confederation
Announcing independence from Britain
Establishing three branches of government
The Proclamation of 1763 contributed to tensions between colonists and Great Britain because
it imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament
it required all colonial goods to be sold directly to Great Britain
it limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains
it replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the king
Which of the following British actions led the American colonists to claim that taxes were imposed without their consent?
Passage of the Stamp Act
Creation of the Intolerable Acts
Administration of the Quebec Act
Enforcement of the Quartering Act
James Armistead helped to contribute to the American victory at Yorktown by
leading an elite regiment of French soldiers at the battle
passing along information he had discovered while spying
encouraging soldiers to reenlist after the winter at Valley Forge
donating significant amounts of money to help fund the Patriots
How did French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette contribute to the American Revolutionary War?
He spied on British troops for the colonists.
He negotiated the Treaty of Paris on behalf of the colonists.
He commanded troops for the colonists against British forces.
He provided funding from the French government for the colonists.
Why would the writings of Mercy Otis Warren be informative to a historian?
She published the first novel set in colonial America.
She recorded the proceeding at the Boston Massacre trial.
She contributed to the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
She authored one of the earliest accounts of the Revolutionary War.
Many individuals contributed to the revolutionary cause, though the first to give his life to the cause was
James Armistead
Crispus Attucks
Bernardo de Galvez
Haym Salomon
Thomas Paine contributed to the revolutionary cause by
founding a navy to fight in the Revolutionary War
writing "Common Sense" to persuade others to join the Patriots.
speaking out against the Stamp Act in his "Give Me Liberty" speech
recruiting Patriot fighters in New England known as the Green Mountain Boys
Where did General Washington camp the Continental Army for training over the bitter winter of 1777-78?
Delaware
Gettysburg
New York City
Valley Forge
Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Lexington
Plymouth
Saratoga
Boston
A significant accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress in 1776 was
signing of the Treaty of Paris
approving the Bill of Rights
creating the U.S. Constitution
writing the Declaration of Independence
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 recognized that the newly formed United States would be
a constitutional monarchy
independent from British rule
an ally of the French government
granted British holdings in Canada
Which of the following battles is considered a turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Trenton
In the Declaration of Independence, unalienable rights are listed as
life, liberty, and property
life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
the freedom from fear, want and tyranny
the freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and petition
Many of the protests and demonstrations that followed the Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts were examples of which of the following
boycott
natural rights
civil disobedience
unalienable rights
Which of the following groups opposed the Declaration of Independence?
Patriots
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
Continental Congress
Who is often considered the founder of the US Navy?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Nathaniel Bacon
John Paul Jones
What major era in U.S. History are we currently studying?
Colonial
Civil War
Revolutionary
Reconstruction
