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American Revolution

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the reason for the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

To stop movement of slaves into the Ohio River Valley

b)

To stop conflicts between colonists and Indians in the Ohio River Valley

c)

To help create colonies in the Ohio River Valley

d)

To create a prison colony for debtors in the Ohio River Velley

2.

Why did the colonists not like the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

They wanted to be able to trade with any country

b)

They felt like they had a right to expand onto the land

c)

They did not want to share the fur trade with France

d)

They thought it would divide the Ohio River Valley into unfair pieces

3.

What is the Stamp Act?

a)

A tax on molasses

b)

A tax on documents and newspapers

c)

A tax on household goods

d)

A tax on tea

4.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

a)

A tax on household goods

b)

A tax on sugar

c)

A tax on tea

d)

A restriction on freedoms of colonists

5.

What is passed because of the colonists actions at the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Stamp Act

6.

In mercantilism what did the colonies provide for Great Britain?

a)

Manufactured goods

b)

Slaves and indentures servants

c)

Raw materials

d)

Socks and Blankets

7.

July 4, 1776 is the date that ---

a)

The first shot of the American Revolution was fired

b)

The U.S. Constitution was adopted

c)

The Declaration of the Independence was adopted

d)

The Battle of Yorktown was fought

8.

What battle is the turning point of the American Revolution?

a)

Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

9.

What happens because of the Battle of Saratoga?

a)

The British win the support of the French

b)

The colonists win the support of the French

c)

The Indians win the support of the colonists

d)

The French refuse to fight

10.

At which battle do the colonists win the revolution?

a)

Lexington

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Concord

11.

Where do Washington's troops almost starve and freeze to death?

a)

Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

12.

In which part of the Declaration of Independence do the colonist list the problems with King George?

a)

Preamble

b)

Rights

c)

Grievances

d)

Resolution

13.

In which part of the Declaration of Independence do the colonists explain the powers of the new government ?

a)

Preamble

b)

Rights

c)

Grievances

d)

Resolutions

14.

What act taxed the colonists on household items?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

15.

Which act forced colonists to keep the soldiers in their home?

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

16.

What is the first Battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Saratoga

c)

Concord

d)

Valley Forge

17.

What happens at the First Continental Congress?

a)

Make a list of rights for the colonists

b)

Form the post office

c)

Print money

d)

Sign the Declaration of Independence

18.

What happens at the Second Continental Congress?

a)

Set up a militia

b)

Train the troops

c)

Set up the government

d)

Gathered weapons

19.

Who said in letters to "Remember the Ladies"?

a)

Mercy Otis Warren

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Patrick Henry

20.

Who was a member of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

John Adams

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Abigail Adams

d)

Mercy Otis Warren

21.

Who was Commander of the Continental Army?

a)

Thomas Payne

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Marquis de Layfayette

d)

George Washington

22.

Who said " Give me Liberty or Give Me Death?

a)

Thomas Payne

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

23.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Payne

c)

George Washington

d)

Samuel Adams

24.

What does "No taxation without representation" mean?

a)

No charging people without their consent or voice in government

b)

No taxes for the colonists without sending notice to them

c)

No charging for the colonists until they write a Constitution

d)

No taxes for the colonists ever

25.

What is an example of civil disobedience?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Quartering Act

26.
Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."
a)
Transportation
b)
Relaxation
c)
Representation
d)
Sensation
27.
This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Tea Act
28.
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
a)
Britain was in debt and needed money
b)
That was the agreement with the Native Americans
c)
They made too much money
d)
Townshend Acts
29.
What was this poster's meaning?
a)
The Colonies needed to be united
b)
Serpents can grow back together
c)
Colonies need to be independent
d)
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
30.
This event broke tensions between the colonist and the British troops where shots were fired. Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed.
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Bloody Valentine
31.
How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?
a)
Dressed up like Native Americans
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Dumped tea into Boston harbor
d)
Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea
32.
This type of American Colonist was in support of the British parliament.
a)
Patriot
b)
Loyalist
c)
Yes man
d)
Neutral
33.
This type of colonist was ready for rebellion and the fight for independence.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Patriot
c)
Neutral
d)
British 
34.
Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Proclamation line of 1763
b)
Proclamation boundary
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Borderlands
35.
What does Quartering mean?
a)
To allow troops to stay in your home
b)
Hitting someone with a quarter
c)
To give someone a quarter
d)
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain
36.
The Olive Branch Petition was written as a last attempt at …
a)
Freedom 
b)
Peace 
c)
Loyalty 
d)
Rebellion 
37.
What was the name of the British king during the American Revolution?
a)
Charles III
b)
George III
c)
William III
d)
James III
38.
Surrounded by French and Continental armies, a large British army surrendered here.
a)
Saratoga
b)
Yorktown
c)
Bunker Hill
d)
Lexington and Concord
39.
What event is depicted in this image?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Battle of Bunker Hill
d)
Lexington and Concord
40.
This patriot made a daring ride to warn colonists that British soldiers were approaching.
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Phillis Wheatley
d)
Samuel Adams
41.
Of the following events, which happened first? 
a)
Saratoga
b)
Yorktown
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Treaty of Paris of 1783
42.
Of the following events, which happened last?
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Stamp Act
43.
What is another name for British soldiers?
a)
Redcoats
b)
Patriots
c)
Minutemen
d)
Continental Soldiers
44.
Who were the Minutemen?
a)
Patriots who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
b)
British soldiers who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
c)
Sons of Liberty who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
d)
Hessians who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
45.
Who won the American Revolution?
a)
The British
b)
The American Colonists
46.
What country joined the colonists to help them win the war?
a)
Germany
b)
France
c)
Netherlands
d)
Africa
47.
This man fought the British at sea.
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Nathaniel Greene
d)
John Paul Jones
48.
What roles did women have during the war?
a)
They ran farms.
b)
They ran businesses.
c)
They followed their soldiers and helped in the camps.
d)
All of the above
49.
The British sent troops to Concord to
a)
capture weapons stored there
b)
attack George Washington’s troops
c)
take Fort Ticonderoga
d)
try to capture John Paul Jones
50.
Colonists protested taxes by doing all of the following EXCEPT
a)
Boycotting British goods
b)
Throwing tea into the Boston harbor
c)
Petitioning King George
d)
Holding protest rallies in London
51.
Treaty of Paris
a)
said kings were nonsense
b)
Was the final major battle of the Revolution
c)
Decided the outcome of the fight between Khan and Pippin
d)
The agreement ending the Revolution
52.
Which event cost England a lot of money and caused the King to impose new taxes on the colonies to help pay for its cost? 
a)
The American Revolution 
b)
The French and Indian War
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
The Civil War 
53.
Who wrote "Common Sense" that challenged the colonists to fight for independence? 
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Thomas Paine 
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson 

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