Worksheets8.17 & 8.19
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
8.17:
____________ and ____________ rode to warn the colonists of the British plans to take weapons/ military collection of arms.
Paul Revere
William Dawes
William Prescott
Thomas Jefferson
8.17:
_____________ and _____________ was the start of the American Revolution. Also known as "The Shot Heard Round the World."
Lexington
Concord
Trenton
Princeton
8.17: (Choose 2 answers)
What was the first major battle of the American Revolution? Who won this battle but only by a small margin?
Bunker Hill
British
Saratoga
Colonists
8.17:
At the Battle of Bunker Hill, who said, "Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes!"
William Prescott
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
8.19:
This was the term given to those that supported the British.
Loyalist
Patriot
Mercenary
Traitor
8.19:
This was the term given to those that supported the colonists in breaking from Great Britain.
Patriot
Loyalist
Mercenary
Traitor
The British troops went to Concord because they wanted to capture supplies and ____ from the American militia.
Ammunition
Furs
Ships
Slaves
Why did the colonial militia surround the British troops in Boston?
They wanted to prevent the British from befriending the Native Americans.
They wanted to help the British take over the colonies
They wanted to prevent the British from making attacks.
They wanted to help the Native Americans fight the British.
The First Battels of the American Revolution were...
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Breed’s Hill
Boston
The colonists had their first victory at _____.
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Breed’s Hill
The Battle of ______ strengthened confidence for the colonists because it showed that the Colonists were ready to challenge British Troops!
Concord
Lexington
Bunker (Breed’s) Hill
Boston
The Battle of _____ let the British know that their colonie were in an open rebellion!
Boston
Concord
Bunker (Breed’s) Hill
Lexington
Colonial militia who would be ready to fight on a minute’s notice
Economics
Philanthropy
Treason
Minutemen
Attempts by a citizen to overthrow his or her own country
Minutemen
Indulgences
Purgatory
Treason
What is located at letter C?
Boston
Bunker (breed’s) Hill
Lexington
Concord
What is located at letter D?
Boston
Bunker (breed’s) Hill
Lexington
Concord
What is located at letter B?
Boston
Bunker (breed’s) Hill
Lexington
Concord
What is located at letter A?
Boston
Bunker (breed’s) Hill
Lexington
Concord
A synonym (word that means the same as!) for Loyalists was ____
Tootsies
Tories
Strangers
Separatists
People that had been born in England and supported by Britain during the colony’s early years that remained loyal to the mother country.
Loyalists
Patriots
Strangers
Quakers
Sons of Liberty
People who wanted independence from Great Britain.
Loyalists
Patriots
Quakers
Son’s of Liberty
_____ saw the American Revolution as a necessary fight.
Loyalists
Patriots
Quakers
Sons of Liberty
