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American Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is another name for British soldiers?
a)
Redcoats
b)
Patriots
c)
Minutemen
d)
Continental Soldiers
2.
What did we call colonists who did NOT want independence from England?
a)
Minutemen
b)
Traitors
c)
Militia
d)
Loyalists
3.
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
4.
Who won the American Revolution?
a)
The British
b)
The American Colonists
5.
The Sons of Liberty were:
a)
the children of our Founding Fathers.
b)
a professional dance team.
c)
Patriots who protested taxes.
d)
the writers of the Declaration of the Independence.
6.
battle which ended the Revolutionary War
a)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Trenton
7.
George Washington was appointed as the ____________ during the American Revolution.
a)
Father of the US Navy
b)
British General
c)
Colonial Spy
d)
Commander of the Continental Army
8.
What did Abigail Adams ask for consistently in letters to her husband, John Adams?
a)
More weapons
b)
Equal rights for women in government
c)
A larger army
d)
Spies
9.

Choose FOUR people in this list that were important to the American Revolution.

a)

Betsy Ross

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Christopher Columbus

e)

Abigail Adams

10.

Paul Revere rode through the town of Concord to warn the colonists that the ______ were coming.

a)

Germans

b)

Indians

c)

British

d)

French

11.

Betsy Ross probably sewed one of the first official US flags.

a)

False

b)

True

12.
I wrote poems and plays about Independence.
a)
Paul Revere
b)
John Adams
c)
Phillis Wheatley
d)
Benjamin Franklin
13.

The ___________ fought hard to gain America's freedom from the king of England.

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

freedom

d)

treaty

14.
This American victory was the turning point in the American Revolutionary war and encouraged the French to join forces with them (the Americans).
(Turning point is a big change in a situation)
a)
Saratoga
b)
Yorktown
c)
Bunker Hill
d)
Lexington and Concord
15.
How were the American/Continental army able to defeat the British during the first battle, The Battle of Lexington and Concord?
a)
By firing on them from behind stone walls and trees in the woods.
b)
By challenging the British to them for a battle
c)
By warning the British that they were going to attack them
16.
Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Bunker Hill
17.

In this final battle of the war, the American and French troops and French ships surrounded the British army forcing them to surrender.

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Lexington and Concord

18.

True or False? Though they lost the battle, the Patriots still felt they had accomplished something great at Bunker Hill.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Why did the colonists back down from the British when they were winning the battle at Bunker Hill?

a)

The were scared they would lose

b)

George Washington told the colonists to back down.

c)

They were running out of ammunition

20.

Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher) is known for which 2 things?

a)

Sewing the first American flag

b)

carrying water to soldiers

c)

writing poems

d)

fighting in a battle after her husband collapsed

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