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American Revolution - Loughran

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

John Adams

b)

John Hancock

c)

King George III

d)

George Washington

2.
a)

King George III

b)

Charles Cornwallis

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

3.
a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Hancock

4.
a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

King George III

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.
a)

John Adams

b)

John Hancock

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

6.
a)

John Hancock

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

John Adams

7.

What three countries formed alliances with America?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Netherlands

8.

Person who is most famous for notifying colonists that the British were coming

a)

John Hancock

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Sam Adams

d)

Nathan Hale

9.

First battle of the war

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton

c)

Yorktown

d)

Lexington and Concord

10.

What battle is most associated with the phrase, "the shot heard round the world?"

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Cowpens

d)

Valley Forge

11.

Which two revolutionary heroes captured Fort Ticonderoga?

a)

George Washington

b)

Lafayette

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Ethan Allen

12.

Ethan Allen led this group

a)

Backyard Boys

b)

Queen's Rangers

c)

Green Mountain Boys

d)

Frontier Boys

13.

Which battle is most associated with the phrase, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?"

a)

Bunker Hill

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Trenton

d)

Yorktown

14.

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army

a)

George Washington

b)

Horatio Gates

c)

John Burgoyne

d)

Charles Cornwallis

15.

Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Thomas Jefferson

16.

Wrote Common Sense and American Crisis

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

John Adams

d)

John Dickinson

17.

What battle followed the publication of American Crisis?

a)

Trenton

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

18.

The crossing of the Delaware River on December 25, 1776 (famously referred to as Washington's Crossing) resulted in which battle on December 26, 1776?

a)

Brandywine

b)

Trenton

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

19.

This battle is considered the turning point of the war

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

20.

The winter encampment in 1777/1778 where many American soldiers had the worst experiences of the war

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Morristown

c)

Valley Forge

d)

New York City

21.

Frenchman that greatly helped the Americans in their fight for independence

a)

John Borgoyne

b)

Charles Cornwallis

c)

Baron Freidrich von Steuben

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

22.

Tow of the most significant battles for the Americans in the south

a)

King's Mountain

b)

Cowpens

c)

Guilford Courthouse

d)

Yorktown

23.

Which battle ended the war?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Saratoga

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

Trenton

24.

Which British general was forced to surrender to Washington at Yorktown?

a)

Borgoyne

b)

Howe

c)

Cornwallis

d)

Gage

25.

Known as the Father of the Navy

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

John Paul Jones

c)

George Washington

d)

John Hancock

26.

Washington's most gifted and dependable officer

a)

John Paul Jones

b)

Nathan Hale

c)

Nathaniel Greene

d)

Henry Knox

27.

Known as Swamp Fox for his guerilla warfare tactics

a)

Francis Marion

b)

Daniel Morgan

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Benedict Arnold

28.

Took her husband's place in the fighting and brought water to the men and canons on the battlefield at the Battle of Monmouth

a)

Molly Pitcher

b)

Deborah Sampson

c)

Sybil Luddington

d)

Betsy Ross

29.

Treaty that finally ended the war

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Paris

c)

New York City

d)

Rome

30.

Four most important American military leaders

a)

George Washington

b)

William Howe

c)

Nathaniel Greene

d)

Henry Knox

e)

Horatio Gates

31.

Four most important British military leaders

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

John Burgoyne

c)

William Howe

d)

Henry Clinton

e)

Marquis de Lafayette

32.

Who negotiated the 1783 Paris Peace Treaty on behalf of the United States?

a)

John Jay

b)

John Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington

33.

Military

a)

British advantage

b)

American advantage

34.

Location

a)

British advantage

b)

American advantage

35.

War aims (goals of war)

a)

British advantage

b)

American advantage

36.

Transportation

a)

British advantage

b)

American advantage

37.

Economy

a)

British advantage

b)

American advantage

38.

Government

a)

British advantage

b)

American advantage

39.

Who said the phrase, "The shot heard round the world?"

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

John Hancock

d)

Thomas Jefferson

40.

Who said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?"

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

George Washington

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

William Prescott

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