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american revolution

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Concerning the Triangular Trade Routes, what resources did Africa send to the Americas? What resources were sent to England from the America’s?

a)

Slaves; tobacco & raw goods

b)

Rum; cotton candy

c)

Slaves; more slaves

d)

Tobacco & other raw goods; slaves

2.

Unalienable rights are....?

a)

given by your government

b)

rights that can't be taken away

c)

rights you get when you are an adult

d)

given to you by your teacher

3.

Valley Forge was a hard winter for Washington to.....

a)

entertain his army

b)

keep his army together

c)

make them shoes

d)

keep his army happy

4.

Which battle is called the shot heard round the world because it started our American Revolution????

a)

Yorktown

b)

Trenton

c)

Lexington

d)

Saratoga

5.

What document ended the American Revolution

a)

Treaty of France, 1783

b)

Treaty of Spain, 1783

c)

Treaty of America, 1783

d)

Treaty of Paris, 1783

6.

What battle did the British General Cornwallis surrender for America to win the war????

a)

Yorktown

b)

Trenton

c)

Saratoga

d)

Washington

7.

Which battle persuaded the French and others to lend support to the colonists?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Saratoga

c)

Trenton

d)

Yorktown

8.

A person who supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies

a)

Loyalist

b)

New Englander

c)

Patriot

d)

King George

9.

A colonist of the American revolutionary period who was a supporter of the King

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

c)

Good person

d)

African slave

10.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Sam Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

11.

In response to the Boston Tea Party, these acts were passed by Britain.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

12.

Why was the Mayflower Compact so important?

a)

It was the first time that colonists demonstrated self-government


b)

It was a church document

c)

It was the first representative form of government

d)

It helped the People of Jamestown start their colony

13.

This Swamp Fox's unorthodox fighting style helped defeat the British in the Southern Region of the Colonies.

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

Francis Marion

c)

George Rogers Clark

d)

Benedict Arnold

14.

A major reason for the British policy of taxing the colonies in the 1760s and 1770s was the _________.

a)

British desire to expand their overseas empire

b)

British debts from the French and Indian War

c)

British interest in proving that the colonies were under their control

d)

Competition with the colonies in the raw material market

15.

This soldier was the hero of the Battle of Saratoga, helping the colonists take 6,ooo soldiers prisoner and win the battle.

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

Francis Marion

c)

George Rogers Clark

d)

Benedict Arnold

16.

This colonial region was best known for its rich soil and agricultural output!

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Northern Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

California

17.

What played an important role in increasing political activity and raising public awareness in the colonies?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Radio Shows

c)

Newspapers

d)

Pony Express

18.

What challenges did Washington and the soldiers face at Valley Forge?

a)

Excess money

b)

lack of food, clothing, medical supplies

c)

Taxes were too high

d)

The River was too deep

19.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

a)

Made colonist pay for war debt

b)

Forbade colonists from settling West of the Appalachian mountains

c)

Forced colonists to respect the rights of Native Americans

d)

Forced the colonists to trade only with Great Britain

20.

Which document ended the French & Indian War?

a)

Treaty of Paris, 1783

b)

Treaty of Paris, 1738

c)

Treaty of Paris, 1683

d)

Treaty of Paris, 1763

21.

Which one of the following was NOT part of the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Closing of Boston Harbor

b)

A new Quartering Act

c)

Lowered taxes on the colonists

d)

British officials went back to England for trial

22.

This was a protest against the Tea Act

a)

Boston Tea

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Birmingham Bus Boycottes

d)

Declaratory Acts

23.

Who fought with the British in the French and Indian War, and was later made leader of the colonial troops?

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

George Washington

c)

John Hancoco

d)

John Adams

24.

This group dressed up like Indians and dumped over 340 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor_____________.

a)

Sons of

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Sons of Sam

d)

Sons of Pioneers

25.

In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies. Which answer best describes the colonists’ reaction to the Stamp Act?

a)

The colonists paid the taxes and continued to buy British goods.

b)

The colonists passed their own tax on goods exported to Europe.

c)

Colonists refused to buy, or boycotted, British goods

d)

The colonists demanded a decrease in the tax on printed materials.

26.

What act required colonists to pay for room and board of British soldiers?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Declaratory Act

27.

Between 1765 and 1771 the main cause of conflict between Great Britain and the colonists was ___________.

a)

Religious

b)

D

c)

Land

d)

Trade & Taxes

28.

The following picture from the Boston Massacre was drawn by:

a)

A Patriot

b)

A Loyalist

c)

The King

29.

The following picture from the Boston Massacre was drawn by:

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

c)

The King

30.

Which of the following is NOT true about this political cartoon below?

a)

It was the first political cartoon that appeared in Ben Franklin’s newspaper the Pennsylvania Gazette.

b)

The drawing was based on the popular superstition that a snake that had been cut in two would come to life if the pieces were joined before sunset.

c)

Franklin was trying to say if the colonist did not unite as one then they would be defeated by the French.

d)

Franklin wanted people to believe the French and the Indians were going to cut the colonial governments into pieces if they didn’t pay them money.

31.

The Pilgrims came to the New World for this reason ________________.

a)

To establish a new type

b)

God/Religious Reasons

c)

Gold

d)

Glory

32.

The first form of a representative government formed in the colony of Virginia was the ___________________.

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Legislatures

33.

A group of people who move from one place, but are ruled by that same country still is called a _________________.

a)

Civilization

b)

Colony

c)

Republi

d)

Plantation

34.

Which of the following countries was NOT involved in the Triangular Trade Route?

a)

Americ

b)

West Africa

c)

West Indies

d)

France

35.

What was the Boston Massacre?

a)

Smallpox epidemic that killed a large number of Native Americans.

b)

Noisy protests against the Stamp Act by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.

c)

Fierce battle that took place in Boston during the French and Indian War.

d)

Deadly riot between colonists and British troops stationed in Boston.

36.

The two nations with the largest claims in North America in 1763 were

a)

Russia & Spain

b)

Spain & Britain

c)

Britain & France

d)

Spain & France

37.

What event is being described in this passage?:

We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard...and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with out tomahawks, so as to thoroughly expose them to the effects of the water. In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found on the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of th tea in the same way, at the same time. We were surrounded by British armed ships but no attempt was made to resist us.

a)

The First Continental Congress

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

French & Indian War

38.

When did the delegates to the Second Continental Congress vote to accept the Declaration of Independence?

a)

June 15, 1775

b)

July 14, 1776

c)

July 4, 1776

d)

June 4, 1776

39.

When Thomas Jefferson wrote, “All men are created equal,” he meant everyone should

a)

Be entitled to the same rights.

b)

Have the same abilities.

c)

Make the same income.

d)

Have the same education.

40.

It was at this battle that General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington on October 17, 1781.

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Trenton

d)

Long Island

41.

This Treaty ended the American Revolution

a)

Treaty of Paris, 1683

b)

Treaty of Paris, 1783

c)

Treaty of Paris, 1738

d)

Treaty of Paris, 1763

42.

Which battle persuaded the French and others to lend support to the colonists?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Princeton