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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution the Final Countdown
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Why did the British think they should tax the Colonists?
They were Loyalists
They blamed them for Native American raids
They saw the French and Indian War as a war of defense
They suspected them of trading with Spanish secretly
The French and Indian War was about...
Bragging rights for the French
The Ohio River Valley
The French hating the Indians
Americans wanting freedom
John Locke came up with the following ideas:
People have unalienable rights.
Governments are designed to protect citizens' rights.
That fighting for independence from Britain was the colonists' right.
Governments only work with the consent of the governed.
Who did Thomas Jefferson plagiarise?
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson included all of the following in the Declaration except-
Life
Liberty
Property
Pursuit of happiness
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?
Kamikaze warfare
Point and shoot warfare
Land survey warfare
Guerilla warfare
Before the Winter at Valley Forge, the colonists were...
Farmers
Trained soldiers
Able-bodied men
Untrained militia men
Saratoga was the turning point of the war because...
It was the first big win for the colonies
It was the final battle of the war
The colonists won the battle
The French were interested in helping the colonists
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Saratoga
Fort Duquesne
Lexington and Concord
Winter at Valley Forge
Which battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
Saratoga
Yorktown
Winter at Valley Forge
Lexington and Concord
Which battle is referred to as "the shot heard 'round the world"?
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Fort Duquesne
What did Cornwallis do at Yorktown?
Cried "wee, wee, wee, wee" all the way home
Fought with the colonists
Won
Nothing
What two documents came out of the Second Continental Congress?
The Constitution
The Declaration of Colonial Rights
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
America's favorite fighting French man
A French ally
Leader of troops at Yorktown
A Spaniard
The colonists won at Yorktown because...
The British couldn't get back up
The French Navy block the port at Yorktown
The rebel troops had the British surrounded
The Spanish showed up with questions
Thomas Paine wrote...
The Treatises on Government
Poor Richard's Almanac
Common Sense
The Treatises of Government II
Benjamin Franklin came up with what plan during the French and Indian War?
The Albany Plan of Union
The Secret Plan
The Congress Plan
The Escape Plan
Who is the Commander of the American Navy?
George Washington
John Paul Jones
Thomas Jefferson
Wentworth Cheswell
A former slave that served as a spy during the Revolutionary War...
James Armistead
John Paul Jones
Thomas Jefferson
Cripus Attucks
What is mercantilism?
An economic system used to make the founding country richer
A type of merchant
A type of Keynesian economics
A communist plot for world domination
The rule that kept colonists away from the Ohio River Valley...
Treaty of Paris 1763
The Proclamation of 1763
The Stamp Act 1765
Treaty of Paris 1783
The idea of "no taxation without representation" comes from which of following?
Sugar Act
Paper Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
What does it mean to quarter troops?
To turn them into quarters
To provide free shelter to all soldiers
To provide free food
To draw and quarter them in the town square
What was included in the Intolerable Acts?
Quartering of troops
Paying for an extra stamp
Closing of Boston Harbor
Lowering the tax on sugar
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.
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
