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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
"no taxation without ...."
representation!
inflation!
nonimportation!
declaration!
What was the cause of fighting in North America during the French and Indian War?
Taxation without representation
Both the French and British wanted the Ohio River Valley
Both the French and British wanted the Mississippi River
British take over of the French fur trade
Who led the colonial forces and then served as an aide to the British leadership during the French and Indian War?
William Pitt
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
After the French and Indian War, the British asked the colonies to
return territory to the French
give up their weapons and disband their army
pay their share of the war's cost, helping ease England's debt
join the Anglican church
After the French and Indian war, the British perspective of the colonists ___, while they colonists perspective of themselves ____.
remained the same, decreased
decreased, increased
increased, increased
decreased, decreased
After the French and Indian War, French claims in America were
doubled
expanded
unaffected
virtually eliminated
What TWO things did the leaders of the Albany Conference hope to achieve?
French Alliance and Independence
Alliance with the Algonquin and French victory
Alliance with the Iroquois and Unity of the Colonies
British military victory and Colonial unity
The British won the French and Indian war but were immediately challenged with what after the war?
the American Revolution
Native uprising
a massive war debt
an overthrow of the king
The leaders at the Albany Conference suggested colonial unity. What was this plan called?
the Albany Plan of Union
the Albany Plan to Unify the Colonies
the First Continental Congress
the Colonial Plan of Connection
Required local officials to provide lodging for British soldiers in private homes
The Currency Act
The Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
The Quartering Act
The colonists protested the stamp act by refusing to
buy stamps
sell goods to British soldiers
allow troops into their homes
buy British goods
When placing taxes on the colonists, the British felt they were
given permission by the colonists
being cruel
acting wrongly
justified
An event where the colonists, while disguised, boarded British ships and threw tea into the harbor to protest British tyranny.
the First Continental Congress
the Boston Massacre
the Battle of Lexington and Concord
the Boston Tea Party
This act required colonists to pay extra taxes on most printed material such as newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.
the Stamp Act
the Sugar Act
the Tea Act
the Paper Goods Act
Prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains
Proclamation of 1763
the French and Indian War
the Boston Tea Party
Quartering Act
Event that was caused by colonists taunting British soldiers
The Stamp Act
Declaration of Independence
the Boston Massacre
The Townshend Acts
This act expanded the territory of Quebec and appointed a government to rule over that territory.
the Proclamation of 1763
the Tea Act
the Sugar Act
the Quebec Act
After the Boston Massacre, the British repealed the
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Coercive Acts
For the colonists, it wasn't necessarily the taxes that were upsetting, but rather the
excessive representation they had to provide
wording of them
lack of consistency
precedent they were setting
This act worried colonial merchants that were now competing with lower prices and served as another unconstitutional tax on the colonists.
the Stamp Act
the Tea Act
the Quartering Act
the Currency Act
Which was not an idea expressed by the First Continental Congress?
Loyalty to the King
Declaration of American Independence
Enforced boycott of British goods
Condemnation of the Coercive acts
Which acts were passed as a way to punish Massachusetts and to end colonial challenges to British authority?
Townshend acts
Coercive acts
Tea act
Stamp act
The Intolerable Acts were a combination of which acts?
the Coercive acts + the Quebec act
the Tea act + the Sugar act
the Townshend acts + the Quebec act
the Coercive act + the Townshend acts
Common Sense was a wildly popular document in support of independence. Who wrote it?
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Paul Revere
Why did the British go to Concord?
to build an American home for the king
to seize the militia supplies that were stored there
to punish farmers for not selling crops to the British
to support the Massachusetts Congress that was located there
The official conflict of the American Revolution began in which Massachusetts town?
Lexington
Boston
Philidelphia
Saratoga
The Colonists didn't win the battle of Bunker Hill, but they
felt inspired by the damage they inflicted on the British forces.
told everyone it was a win
still achieved an alliance with the French
stole all of the British supplies
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Militia to make the Continental Army. Who did they put in charge?
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
What was Valley Forge?
a successful American military campaign
the American war base for the entire Revolution
a major turning point in the British war effort
a brutal winter where the colonial forces struggled to survive
Which battle was a major turning point - prompting the French to join in an alliance with the US forces?
Monmouth
Trenton
Saratoga
Yorktown
What was the king's response to the Olive Branch Petition?
he loved it
he accepted it
he argued with it
he ignored it
A weakness of the U.S. troops was that they were
inexperienced
fighting in foreign territory
united under a common cause
involved in an alliance with the French
A weakness of the British troops was that they were
well trained
well equipped
very large
not all in support of the war
British General Cornwallis was surrounded by who in Yorktown?
The Continental army on land and the French navy at sea
the French from all sides
the Native Americans from the East and the Continental army from the West
the French from the North and the Continental army from the South
The hit and run technique used by the American forces during the war is known as...
Minutemen
Traditional Fighting
Guerilla Warfare
Trench Warfare
The Second Continental Congress attempted peace with which document?
Common Sense
The Olive Branch Petition
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
The Declaration of Independence
Battle at which the British surrender, marking the end of the war.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Monmouth
Which treaty ended the American Revolution?
the Colonial Treaty
the Treaty of Paris
the Treaty of London
the Treaty of Independence
In 1781, the Continental Army defeated the British troops for the final time at Yorktown. What British leader surrendered to General George Washington?
William Pitt
General Howe
General Cornwallis
General Braddock
Companies of civilian soldiers who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice.
loyalists
redcoats
minutemen
militia
At the end of the war, the colonists look to set up a government where the power is held by the people but exercised through elected officials.. what kind of government is this?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Mercantilism
Republic
Which of the following was a positive change for women following the war?
right to vote
wider access to education
there were none
full equality
The Treaty of Paris ended the war and officially
put a new king in charge of the 13 colonies
recognized the US as an independent nation
reunited the British and the 13 colonies
put France in charge of the 13 colonies
Following the war, many loyalists
felt unaccepted in society and fled the colonies
stepped up to be great leaders in the new states
continued to fight patriots
signed oaths of changed loyalty, pledging allegiance to America instead
New ideas of liberty and equality led to
a complete removal of slavery from America
an inclusion of Native Americans in the new nation
more significant moves toward emancipation of slaves
harsher policies dealing with women and slaves
Describe the influence of Native American tribes during the French and Indian War, both positive and negative.
Describe the British mindset when taxing the colonies. Did they feel they were ok in what they were doing? How did the colonists respond?
Briefly describe the beliefs of loyalists versus those of patriots.
What does the American Declaration of Independence include? What did this document achieve?
What advantages and disadvantages did the colonists have during the Revolution? What about the British?
