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Revolution Part 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What war caused Great Britain to raise the tax rate on their American colonies?

a)

The War of 1812

b)

The French and Indian War

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Revolutionary War

2.

Britain also raised taxes on the colonies for this reason:

a)

To buy better clothes for the king

b)

To build tanks

c)

To maintain troops in the colonies

d)

To pay for a war with China

3.

The colonies had no representation in British Parliament

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The colonists felt the colonial governors on their side most of the time.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Great Britain did not want to control colonial legislatures.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

The colonies were opposed British taxes

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Because of the Proclamation of 1763, colonists were not allowed to move...

a)

west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

east of the Atlantic Ocean

c)

into Canada

d)

south of Texas

8.

Who was the King of Great Britain during the Revolution?

a)

King James

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

King George III

d)

King Kong

9.

Who was the British General who surrendered at Yorktown?

a)

John Borgoyne

b)

Lord Cornwallis

c)

William Howe

d)

Thomas Gage

10.

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Lafayette

c)

Baron Von Steuben

d)

George Washington

11.

Who promoted the cause of independence and later became the 2nd US president?

a)

John Adams

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

James Madison

d)

Sam Adams

12.

Who said these famous lines:

"Give me liberty or give me death"?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Gouverneur Morris

d)

Patrick Henry

13.

Who was the author of the pamphlet "Common Sense" that influenced many colonists to move toward independence?

a)

John Locke

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Samuel Prescott

14.

Who was an important member of the Continental Congress and helped gain French support for the American Revolution?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Mason

15.

Who was the patriot who made the ride to warn rebel leaders that the British troops were on the way from Boston?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Ringo Star

d)

George Mason

16.

Who was the French nobleman who served in the Continental Army?

a)

Gouverneur Morris

b)

The Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Auguste Escoffier

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

17.

Who was the enslaved African American who wrote poems supporting colonial independence?

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Alice Walker

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Anne Spencer