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VS.5 The Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Parliament

a)

The British Government

b)

The European Government

c)

The American Government

d)

The French Government

2.

Parliament believed it had they had the right to...

a)

Give money to the colonies

b)

Help the colonies

c)

Break away from the colonies

d)

Tax the colonies

3.

Colonists thought they should not be taxed without

a)

Splitting from England

b)

Help from the government

c)

Representation (a say in how the money was being spent)

d)

Running away

4.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the __

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

The Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Speech

c)

Constitution

d)

The Help the Colonists Win Speech

5.

The Declaration of Independence Says All People are Created Equal and have rights to ______, ____, and the ___________.

a)

Life, money, and a house

b)

Freedom that you can die for

c)

Liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and freedom from taxes

d)

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

6.

The Continental Army was

a)

The British army

b)

The colonists' army

c)

The French army

d)

The Spanish army

7.

Taxes is...

a)

Money the government gives you

b)

Money the government steals from you

c)

Money you pay the government that they throw away

d)

Money you pay to the government so they can do their job

8.

George Washington was the ___ of the Continental Army

a)

Commander-in-chief

b)

president

c)

fighter

d)

helper

9.

Who said "give me liberty or give me death!"?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

George Washington

c)

James Lafayette

d)

Patrick Henry

10.

Who was a French Nobleman who helped us win the battle of Yorktown

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

James Lafayette

c)

George Washington

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

11.

Who was a slave who was a spy for the Continental army

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Lafayette

12.

The last major battle of the war was the Battle of ____

a)

Bull Run

b)

Yorktown

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Taxes

13.

What treaty was signed at the end of the war?

a)

The Treaty of Yorktown 1783

b)

The Treaty of the Revolutionary War

c)

The Treaty of Paris 1783

d)

The Treaty of Paris 1776

14.

The following is NOT a reason why the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond

a)

The population was moving westward for more opportunities.

b)

Richmond was a more central location

c)

Their was salt in their water

d)

Moving to Richmond increased the distance from the sea and possible attack by the British

15.

Patriots wanted who to win?

a)

They didn't care

b)

England

c)

France

d)

The 13 colonies

16.

Loyalists wanted who to win?

a)

They didn't care

b)

England

c)

France

d)

The 13 colonies

17.

Neutralists wanted who to win?

a)

They didn't care

b)

England

c)

France

d)

The 13 colonies

18.

During the war women

a)

Fought in the war

b)

Had less responsibility

c)

Moved to France

d)

Had more responsibility

19.

Some enslaved African Americans supported the ____ who promised them freedom

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Colonists

d)

No one

20.

American Indians fought alongside who in the war?

a)

Both the British and Colonists

b)

British

c)

Colonists

d)

French