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WorksheetsOz American Revolution
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 18mins
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.
"No ________ without representation"
a)
voting
b)
taxation
c)
rights
d)
liberty poles
4.
What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?
a)
to punish merchants for selling imported tea.
b)
to see who could throw a barrel further.
c)
to frame the Native Americans.
d)
to protest taxes
5.
Which side had more resources and training at the beginning of the war?
a)
British
b)
Colonists
6.
Who won the American Revolution?
a)
The British
b)
The American Colonists
7.
Who fired "the shot heard round the world?"
a)
the British
b)
the minutemen
c)
it is a mystery!
8.
How many people died at the Boston Massacre?
a)
2
b)
6
c)
3
d)
5
9.
The ___________ fought hard to gain America's freedom from the king of England.
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
freedom
d)
treaty
10.
Which act(s) punished Massachusetts following the Boston Tea Party?
a)
The Intolerable Acts
b)
The Stamp Act
c)
The Navigational Acts
d)
The Sugar Act
11.
Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
US Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
12.
What was added to the U.S.Constitution to guarantee that people's individual freedoms would be protected under the law?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Petition of Right
c)
Habeas Corpus
d)
Preamble
13.
Which event led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
American Revolution
d)
French and Indian War
14.
What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?
a)
Led to new taxes they did not vote on
b)
Led to more wars with the French
c)
They lost their land to Native Americans
d)
The British established military law in the colonies
15.
Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?
a)
Concord
b)
Boston
c)
Lexington
d)
Charleston
16.
What are your 3 Unalienable Rights, as expressed by Thomas Jefferson?
a)
Peace, Love and Joy
b)
Life, Liberty, and Property
c)
Life, Leadership and Pursuit of Happiness
d)
Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
17.
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death" meant
a)
I live to die
b)
I want freedom from slavery
c)
I will die for my freedom
d)
death is the only freedom
18.
Whose writings inspired Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Locke
d)
George Washington
19.
Impossible to take away or give up
a)
surrender
b)
inalienable
c)
selfish
d)
superglue
20.
A colonist who opposed British rule
a)
Loyalist
b)
Patriot
c)
Colonist
d)
Peer
21.
Not taking sides
a)
Pursuit
b)
Instituted
c)
Militia
d)
Neutral
22.
What is "Parliament?"
a)
The office of the President
b)
The British government
c)
A French term meaning "Charge!"
d)
Term to describe a formation of British soldiers
23.
REVIEW QUESTION: Vocabulary word meaning a boundary, especially of a state or country
a)
boycott
b)
border
c)
colony
d)
endowed
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