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American Revolution

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is significant about 1776?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Constitution

d)

Jamestown

2.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

James Armistead

3.

This was Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the colonies against England.

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Common Sense

c)

Albany Plan of the Union

d)

Articles of Confederation

4.

Patriots dumped hundreds of boxes of tea into the harbor.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Revolutionary War Acts

d)

Boston Tea Party

5.

Who was Patrick Henry?

a)

Founder of the Sons of Liberty

b)

"Give me liberty or give me death!"

c)

1st to die in the Boston Massacre (former slave)

d)

Warned that the British were coming

6.

Which was not a part of the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Closed the Boston Harbor

b)

Troops were stationed in colonists homes

c)

Massachusetts charter cancelled

d)

Taxation of paper

7.

What battle was the turning point in the American Revolution?

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Battle of Trenton

d)

Battle of Yorktown

8.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Colonists could only trade with England

b)

Boston shut down after Boston Tea Party

c)

King George said colonists could not settle west of Apapalachian Mountains

d)

Colonists could not harm Indians

9.

What is mercantilism?

a)

Colonists could only trade with England

b)

Boston shut down after Boston Tea Party

c)

King George said colonists could not settle west of Apapalachian Mountains

d)

Colonists could not harm Indians