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American Revolution the Final Countdown

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the British think they should tax the Colonists?

a)

They were Loyalists

b)

They blamed them for Native American raids

c)

They saw the French and Indian War as a war of defense

d)

They suspected them of trading with Spanish secretly

2.

The French and Indian War was about...

a)

Bragging rights for the French

b)

The Ohio River Valley

c)

The French hating the Indians

d)

Americans wanting freedom

3.

John Locke came up with the following ideas:

a)

People have unalienable rights.

b)

Governments are designed to protect citizens' rights.

c)

That fighting for independence from Britain was the colonists' right.

d)

Governments only work with the consent of the governed.

4.

Who did Thomas Jefferson plagiarise?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Locke

5.

Thomas Jefferson included all of the following in the Declaration except-

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Property

d)

Pursuit of happiness

6.

During the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the colonists were able to win because they knew the geography of the land better. What is this tactic called?

a)

Kamikaze warfare

b)

Point and shoot warfare

c)

Land survey warfare

d)

Guerilla warfare

7.

Before the Winter at Valley Forge, the colonists were...

a)

Farmers

b)

Trained soldiers

c)

Able-bodied men

d)

Untrained militia men

8.

Saratoga was the turning point of the war because...

a)

It was the first big win for the colonies

b)

It was the final battle of the war

c)

The colonists won the battle

d)

The French were interested in helping the colonists

9.

What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Fort Duquesne

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

Winter at Valley Forge

10.

Which battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Winter at Valley Forge

d)

Lexington and Concord

11.

Which battle is referred to as "the shot heard 'round the world"?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Fort Duquesne

12.

What did Cornwallis do at Yorktown?

a)

Cried "wee, wee, wee, wee" all the way home

b)

Fought with the colonists

c)

Won

d)

Nothing

13.

What two documents came out of the Second Continental Congress?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Declaration of Colonial Rights

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Articles of Confederation

14.

Who is Marquis de Lafayette?

a)

America's favorite fighting French man

b)

A French ally

c)

Leader of troops at Yorktown

d)

A Spaniard

15.

The colonists won at Yorktown because...

a)

The British couldn't get back up

b)

The French Navy block the port at Yorktown

c)

The rebel troops had the British surrounded

d)

The Spanish showed up with questions

16.

Thomas Paine wrote...

a)

The Treatises on Government

b)

Poor Richard's Almanac

c)

Common Sense

d)

The Treatises of Government II

17.

Benjamin Franklin came up with what plan during the French and Indian War?

a)

The Albany Plan of Union

b)

The Secret Plan

c)

The Congress Plan

d)

The Escape Plan

18.

Who is the Commander of the American Navy?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Paul Jones

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Wentworth Cheswell

19.

A former slave that served as a spy during the Revolutionary War...

a)

James Armistead

b)

John Paul Jones

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Cripus Attucks

20.

What is mercantilism?

a)

An economic system used to make the founding country richer

b)

A type of merchant

c)

A type of Keynesian economics

d)

A communist plot for world domination

21.

The rule that kept colonists away from the Ohio River Valley...

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

The Proclamation of 1763

c)

The Stamp Act 1765

d)

Treaty of Paris 1783

22.

The idea of "no taxation without representation" comes from which of following?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Paper Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Acts

23.

What does it mean to quarter troops?

a)

To turn them into quarters

b)

To provide free shelter to all soldiers

c)

To provide free food

d)

To draw and quarter them in the town square

24.

What was included in the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Quartering of troops

b)

Paying for an extra stamp

c)

Closing of Boston Harbor

d)

Lowering the tax on sugar

25.

Wrote Poor Richard's Almanac, came up with the Albany Plan of Union, helped write the Declaration of Independence and served as an ambassador to France.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams