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American Revolution (VS.5)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did Parliament believe should have legal authority in the colonies?

a)

The King

b)

Parliament

c)

General Assembly

d)

House of Burgesses

2.

Who did the colonists believe should have legal authority in the colonies?

a)

American Indians

b)

Parliament

c)

The King

d)

Local Assemblies

3.

What did Parliament believe it had the right to do to the colonists?

a)

Enslave them, including the white colonists

b)

Take all of their food and supplies

c)

Tax them

d)

Take away their lands

4.

Why did the colonists believe they should not be taxed?

a)

They had no representation in Parliament

b)

They didn't have any banks

c)

They didn't have much money

d)

Great Britain was already taking what they wanted from the colony

5.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

James Lafayette

b)

George Washington

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

Who does the Declaration of Independence state the authority to govern belongs to?

a)

The King

b)

The People

c)

Parliament

d)

Local Assemblies

7.

How does the Declaration of Independence state all people are created?

a)

Differently

b)

Free

c)

As American citizens

d)

Equal

8.

Which of the following is NOT one of the rights included in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Life

b)

Land

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Liberty

9.

Which group of people served in the Continental Army and fought for independence?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Neutral

d)

Women

10.

Which group of people still sided with Great Britain?

a)

All Enslaved African Americans

b)

Neutral

c)

Patriots

d)

Loyalists

11.

Who did the American Indians fight alongside?

a)

Both the British and the Virginia Patriots

b)

Only the British

c)

Only the Virginia Patriots

d)

No one, they were neutral

12.

Which group of people did not take sides in the Revolutionary War?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Neutral

d)

Enslaved African Americans

13.

Who took on more responsibility to support the war effort?

a)

Enslaved African Americans

b)

American Indians

c)

Free African Americans

d)

Women

14.

Some __________ fought for the British, who promised them freedom.

a)

Enslaved African Americans

b)

Free African Americans

c)

American Indians

d)

Women

15.

Some __________ fought for independence from Great Britain.

a)

Enslaved African American

b)

Free African Americans

c)

Women

d)

American Indians

16.

Who provided military leadership by serving as Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

James Lafayette

17.

Who provided political leadership by expressing reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

James Lafayette

d)

Thomas Jefferson

18.

Who inspired patriots when he spoke out against taxation without representation by saying "give me liberty or give me death"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

George Washington

d)

James Lafayette

19.

Who was the enslaved African American that served as a spy for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

James Lafayette

d)

George Washington

20.

What did James Lafayette successfully request after the war, with the support of Marquis de Lafayette?

a)

A Plantation

b)

Land

c)

Money

d)

His Freedom

21.

The Battle of Great Bridge was the __________.

a)

last battle of the Revolutionary War, where the British surrendered

b)

first colonial victory of the Revolutionary War

c)

first land battle of the Revolutionary War fought in Virginia

d)

first British victory of the Revolutionary War

22.

The American victory at the Battle of Great Bridge forced the British colonial governor to flee the city of __________.

a)

Jamestown

b)

Richmond

c)

Yorktown

d)

Norfolk

23.

The American victory at __________ resulted in the surrender of the British Army and the end of the Revolutionary War.

a)

Great Bridge

b)

Norfolk

c)

Yorktown

d)

Richmond

24.

Who rode 40 miles on horseback through the backwoods of Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson?

a)

James Lafayette

b)

George Washington

c)

Jack Jouett

d)

Patrick Henry

25.

What was Jack Jouett going to warn Thomas Jefferson about?

a)

The Continental Army was about to surrender to the British

b)

American Indians were coming to capture him and members of the General Assembly

c)

The French were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly

d)

The British were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly