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American Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was the British King during the Revolutionary Era?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

King George III

2.

Which of the following was the commander and chief of the Continental Army?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Benedict Arnold

3.

Which of the following was a colonial leader who was also an inventor and a scientist?

a)

John Adams

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

George Washington

d)

Paul Revere

4.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

King George III

5.

Who was the first president of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

6.

What was the name of the document that formally separated the United States from England?

a)

First Continental Congress

b)

British Imperial Policy

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Stamp Act

7.

Which of the following was an act of protest by the Sons of Liberty to show their disapproval of the new tax on tea?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Boston Tea Party

8.

What was the name of the event leading to the Revolution when colonists were shot by British soldiers?

a)

Sons of Liberty Party

b)

Second Continental Congress

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Boston Massacre

9.

Which group or people assisted the French in the French and Indian war?

a)

Colonists

b)

British

c)

Native Americans

d)

Germans

10.

Why did the French and Indian war begin?

a)

The French and the British wanted to extend their colonies into the west

b)

The French wanted to share the land with the Native Americans

c)

The French build a fort causing the Native Americans to fight for their land

d)

None of the above

11.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

The French

b)

The Indians

c)

The British

d)

The American colonists

12.

Why did the King of England tax the colonists?

a)

He wanted more money to make England rich

b)

He wanted money to pay for sending soldiers to America

c)

He did not like the colonists and wanted to punish them

d)

He needed money to pay for the French and Indian War

13.

_____________ is money paid to the government.

a)

Parliament

b)

taxes

c)

slogan

d)

boycitts

14.

In 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts, a group of British soldiers shot their muskets into a crown. Five colonists were killed. This event was called the __________________.

a)

French and Indian War

b)

The Civil War

c)

The Revolutionary War

d)

The Boston Massacre

15.

What was the tea act?

a)

It allowed a British company to sell tea in the colonies for a very cheap price hurting the local tea merchants

b)

It closed the port of Boston

c)

It was a tax on all paper goods such as books, playing cards, and legal documents

d)

None of the above

16.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Bostonian's threw snowballs and rocks at the British soldiers

b)

Paul Revere rode around telling colonists that the British were coming

c)

The Tea Act made the colorists mad and they did not want to purchase the British tea. The soldiers became angry

d)

None of the above

17.

Which of the following was a result of the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Intolerable Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Tea Act

18.

A law that required colonists to buy stamps for paper goods and documents as the _____________act.

a)

Stamp

b)

Glass

c)

Sugar

d)

Tea

19.

Which of the following is a law that increased the price of sugar, molasses, and several other colonial goods?

a)

The Lemon Act and the Tea Act

b)

The Coercive Act and the Tea Act

c)

The Stamp Act and the Sugar Act

d)

All of the above

20.

What was the influence of Paul Revere in the American Revolutionary War?

a)

He helped warn the Patriots that the British were coming to attack and they were able to prepare

b)

He was an inventor and helped make bifocals so that people could see

c)

He became the first United States President

d)

He was the commander in chief of the Continental Army