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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution overview - with purposes of Declaration of Independence
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
What Country did the American Colonies rebel against
Portugal
Spain
Great Britain (England)
France
How many of the American Colonies were part of the Revolution
7
13
24
50
32
What was the main reason that the American Colonies rebelled against England?
Wanted their own king
didn't like the British People
They like France better
They were taxed without representation
What year was the Declaration of Independence made?
1775
1776
1780
1750
What European Country became The Americans greatest Ally in the Revolution?
Russia
Italy
France
Sweden
Canada
Who was first President of the United States?
George Washington
John Adams
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
What type of government did the new country of the United States form?
Monarchy
A Republic- or Democracy
Dictatorship
Theocracy
communist
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To tell Britain that they needed to clean up their act and start being nice.
To tell England that the colonies demanded the Vote.
To Tell them off
to break away from England or "Divorce them"
Unalienable Rights Means? -Declaration Vocabulary
Rights for extraterrestrials
Rights that are not very important
Rights that no one can take away
Rights for people who are from somewhere else
Rights for non- Englishmen
"Endowed" Means?
taken away
Given to
to end in a negative direction
Part of the Dow Chemical Family of Products
Self-Evident
Obvious to anyone
you'd have to be stupid not to be able to tell
Plain to see
All are correct
According to the Declaration, What is a reason that the citizens of a country can overthrow a government?
If the government does not protect their God Given Rights
If they do not like the personality of their leaders
If they do not respect the rights of the minority
All of the above
According to the Declaration of Independence, Who gave the government its power? Who can take it away?
The Pope
Illuminati . (JZ and Beyonce)
the congress
Mr. Linthecum, He owns a "Bat-Mobile".
the Citizens of the country
The British needed to raise money from the colonists because:
They had helped the colonist defend themselves during the Mexican American War
they had paid for the French and Indian War.
They needed to replace London Bridge, which had burned up in fire.
Because the Sons of Liberty were causing too much damage.
What was the colonist slogan as the revolution approached?
No Justice, No Peace
Slavery must End!
Give me Liberty or give me death.
No taxation without representation
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
click all that happened at the Boston Massacre of 1770
British Soldiers kill 5 colonists
British Soldiers kill 55 colonists
a mob pelts British soldiers with rocks and other stuff
John Adams defends the soldiers in court
all Soldiers involved are hung for Murder
What Black man was the first martyr of the Revolution
Crispin Fallsworth
Jackie Robinson
Crispus Attucks
Nigel Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
The soldiers of the Boston Massacre were found
Guilty
Not Guilty, by reason of insanity
Not Guilty
It was a Mistrial because there was too much prejudice against them.
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.
Bunker Hill Breakout
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Indigenous People's Protest
Boston Protest
Boston Tea Party
click all of the effects of the Boston Tea Party.
American Revolution
Intolerable Acts
Quartering of Soldiers in colonial homes
Government Disbanded
Boston Harbor closed
The intolerable acts included: (click all that apply)
Closing of Boston Harbor
Quartering of troops in Colonial Homes
Government closed or disbanded
All trials to be held in England
All Guns were taken away in the colonies
where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?
Cowpens, South Carolina
Lexington
Boston
at Sea
What is a "Torry"
a person loyal to the King
a Son of LIberty
Someone for Revolution
a member of a secret society
What was the only reason that the American colonists lost the battle of Bunker HIll?
iron discipline of the British
British Naval power
The ran out of bullets
The colonists were terrified of the British
What was the lowest point of the war for the Americans?
Battle of Boston
Bunker HIll
Valley Forge
Battle of Yorktown
Who held the American Army together during the bitter winter of Valley Forge?
Ben Franklin
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Samuel Adams
What did the American Colonies still have to do after the Declaration of Independence
pay fo the French and Indian war
fight for their independence in an 8 year long war
shoot fireworks and grill burgers
assassinate the King
When did France become an ally?
After the Americans won the Battle of Saratoga
After the Americans won the battle of Yorktown
after the Boston Massacre
they never became allies
what two things did the French help the Americans get that they needed to win?
new uniforms
Ammunition
Advisers
a Navy
Who taught the Army to fight at VAlley Forge?
Field Marshall Von Steuben
Patrick Henry
Marquis de La Fayette
Canello
The British are Finally defeated for the last time in 1781 at:
Cowpens, South Carolina
Yorktown
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
The first shot fired in the revolution at Lexington has come to be known as:
The Big One
The beginning of the end
The shot heard 'round the World
The shot to end all shots
The shot that changed the world
They trained the American Troops at Valley Forge and made them able to stand up against the British.
Marquis de Lafayette
Colonel Audie Murphy
Baron Friedrich Von Steuben
General Maximilian Von Ribbentrop
At the Battle of Brooklyn Heights what saved George Washington's Army and the nation?
A giant Squid rising out of the depths of the East river to devour the British
Superior marksmanship of the Americans
Americans using those shovels again
Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne
Fog
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.
Bunker HIll
Battle of Brooklyn Heights
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of the Five Armies
Why were so many British Soldiers killed and wounded at Bunker Hill?
they forgot their Kevlar
they just marched up the hill out in the open
They tried to attack into the wind
no Naval Support
After the battle of Lexington the British attacked this town and were surrounded and chased back to Boston.
Bunker HIll
Boston
Concord
Yorktown
