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American Revolution - Causes & Battles

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which event led to the American Revolution?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Proclamation Line of 1763

c)

Representative Government

d)

God, Gold, Glory

2.

What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?

a)

illegal for colonists to move past the Appalachian Mountains

b)

illegal for colonists to move to England

c)

illegal for colonists to move to Virginia

d)

illegal for colonists to move to France

3.

What is taxation?

a)

govt. takes money from citizens for public use

b)

refusing to buy products

c)

people who support independence

d)

people who support the king

4.

1. Finish this: “No Taxation without _____________”

a)

boycotting

b)

representation

c)

mercantilism

d)

propaganda

5.

1. What did the Quartering Act force colonists to do?

a)

house soldiers

b)

house the king

c)

house native americans

d)

pay taxes

6.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

7.

1. Who threw the tea overboard ships during the Boston Tea Party?

a)

the king

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

the colonists

8.

What was England trying to do with passing the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?

a)

to punish colonists

b)

give colonists money

c)

to support colonists

d)

to start a treaty

9.

What does boycott mean?

a)

govt. takes money from citizens

b)

refusing to buy products

c)

people who support independence

d)

people who support the king

10.

What is an "act"? (Example: Sugar Act)

a)

a part of a play

b)

a verb

c)

a government

d)

a law

11.

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Bunker Hill

b)

Lexingon

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

12.

What was the turning point of the American Revolution?

a)

Lexington

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Concord

d)

Saratoga

13.

What was signed on July 4th, 1776?

a)

Consitution

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Mayflower Compact

14.

Where did George Washington and his troops face a cold winter that almost destroyed the American army?

a)

Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Lexington

d)

Valley Forge

15.

Who was the top general of the American army?

a)

Benjamin Fraklin

b)

George Washington

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Thomas Jefferson