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American Revolution overview - with purposes of Declaration of Independence

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Country did the American Colonies rebel against

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

Great Britain (England)

d)

France

2.

How many of the American Colonies were part of the Revolution

a)

7

b)

13

c)

24

d)

50

e)

32

3.

What was the main reason that the American Colonies rebelled against England?

a)

Wanted their own king

b)

didn't like the British People

c)

They like France better

d)

They were taxed without representation

4.

What year was the Declaration of Independence made?

a)

1775

b)

1776

c)

1780

d)

1750

5.

What European Country became The Americans greatest Ally in the Revolution?

a)

Russia

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Sweden

e)

Canada

6.

Who was first President of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Thomas Jefferson

e)

Benjamin Franklin

7.

What type of government did the new country of the United States form?

a)

Monarchy

b)

A Republic- or Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Theocracy

e)

communist

8.

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

To tell Britain that they needed to clean up their act and start being nice.

b)

To tell England that the colonies demanded the Vote.

c)

To Tell them off

d)

to break away from England or "Divorce them"

9.

Unalienable Rights Means? -Declaration Vocabulary

a)

Rights for extraterrestrials

b)

Rights that are not very important

c)

Rights that no one can take away

d)

Rights for people who are from somewhere else

e)

Rights for non- Englishmen

10.

"Endowed" Means?

a)

taken away

b)

Given to

c)

to end in a negative direction

d)

Part of the Dow Chemical Family of Products

11.

Self-Evident

a)

Obvious to anyone

b)

you'd have to be stupid not to be able to tell

c)

Plain to see

d)

All are correct

12.

According to the Declaration, What is a reason that the citizens of a country can overthrow a government?

a)

If the government does not protect their God Given Rights

b)

If they do not like the personality of their leaders

c)

If they do not respect the rights of the minority

d)

All of the above

13.

According to the Declaration of Independence, Who gave the government its power? Who can take it away?

a)

The Pope

b)

Illuminati . (JZ and Beyonce)

c)

the congress

d)

Mr. Linthecum, He owns a "Bat-Mobile".

e)

the Citizens of the country

14.

The British needed to raise money from the colonists because:

a)

They had helped the colonist defend themselves during the Mexican American War

b)

they had paid for the French and Indian War.

c)

They needed to replace London Bridge, which had burned up in fire.

d)

Because the Sons of Liberty were causing too much damage.

15.

What was the colonist slogan as the revolution approached?

a)

No Justice, No Peace

b)

Slavery must End!

c)

Give me Liberty or give me death.

d)

No taxation without representation

e)

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

16.

click all that happened at the Boston Massacre of 1770

a)

British Soldiers kill 5 colonists

b)

British Soldiers kill 55 colonists

c)

a mob pelts British soldiers with rocks and other stuff

d)

John Adams defends the soldiers in court

e)

all Soldiers involved are hung for Murder

17.

What Black man was the first martyr of the Revolution

a)

Crispin Fallsworth

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Nigel Garrison

e)

William Lloyd Garrison

18.

The soldiers of the Boston Massacre were found

a)

Guilty

b)

Not Guilty, by reason of insanity

c)

Not Guilty

d)

It was a Mistrial because there was too much prejudice against them.

19.

The Sons of Liberty organized a group to protest a Tax by disguising themselves as Indians, sneaking onto a ship and dumping all the cargo from the ship into the harbor.

a)

Bunker Hill Breakout

b)

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

c)

Indigenous People's Protest

d)

Boston Protest

e)

Boston Tea Party

20.

click all of the effects of the Boston Tea Party.

a)

American Revolution

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Quartering of Soldiers in colonial homes

d)

Government Disbanded

e)

Boston Harbor closed

21.

The intolerable acts included: (click all that apply)

a)

Closing of Boston Harbor

b)

Quartering of troops in Colonial Homes

c)

Government closed or disbanded

d)

All trials to be held in England

e)

All Guns were taken away in the colonies

22.

where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?

a)

Cowpens, South Carolina

b)

Lexington

c)

Boston

d)

at Sea

23.

What is a "Torry"

a)

a person loyal to the King

b)

a Son of LIberty

c)

Someone for Revolution

d)

a member of a secret society

24.

What was the only reason that the American colonists lost the battle of Bunker HIll?

a)

iron discipline of the British

b)

British Naval power

c)

The ran out of bullets

d)

The colonists were terrified of the British

25.

What was the lowest point of the war for the Americans?

a)

Battle of Boston

b)

Bunker HIll

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Battle of Yorktown

26.

Who held the American Army together during the bitter winter of Valley Forge?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George Washington

e)

Samuel Adams

27.

What did the American Colonies still have to do after the Declaration of Independence

a)

pay fo the French and Indian war

b)

fight for their independence in an 8 year long war

c)

shoot fireworks and grill burgers

d)

assassinate the King

28.

When did France become an ally?

a)

After the Americans won the Battle of Saratoga

b)

After the Americans won the battle of Yorktown

c)

after the Boston Massacre

d)

they never became allies

29.

what two things did the French help the Americans get that they needed to win?

a)

new uniforms

b)

Ammunition

c)

Advisers

d)

a Navy

30.

Who taught the Army to fight at VAlley Forge?

a)

Field Marshall Von Steuben

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Marquis de La Fayette

d)

Canello

31.

The British are Finally defeated for the last time in 1781 at:

a)

Cowpens, South Carolina

b)

Yorktown

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Saratoga

32.

The first shot fired in the revolution at Lexington has come to be known as:

a)

The Big One

b)

The beginning of the end

c)

The shot heard 'round the World

d)

The shot to end all shots

e)

The shot that changed the world

33.

They trained the American Troops at Valley Forge and made them able to stand up against the British.

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

Colonel Audie Murphy

c)

Baron Friedrich Von Steuben

d)

General Maximilian Von Ribbentrop

34.

At the Battle of Brooklyn Heights what saved George Washington's Army and the nation?

a)

A giant Squid rising out of the depths of the East river to devour the British

b)

Superior marksmanship of the Americans

c)

Americans using those shovels again

d)

Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne

e)

Fog

35.

Washinton's first victory of the Revolution. Americans came across the river in the middle of the cold night and caught the British partying on Christmas Eve.

a)

Bunker HIll

b)

Battle of Brooklyn Heights

c)

Battle of Trenton

d)

Battle of Cowpens

e)

Battle of the Five Armies

36.

Why were so many British Soldiers killed and wounded at Bunker Hill?

a)

they forgot their Kevlar

b)

they just marched up the hill out in the open

c)

They tried to attack into the wind

d)

no Naval Support

37.

After the battle of Lexington the British attacked this town and were surrounded and chased back to Boston.

a)

Bunker HIll

b)

Boston

c)

Concord

d)

Yorktown