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Revolutionary Era #3

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted was:

a)

1776

b)

1770

c)

1777

d)

1767

2.

Who told her husband to "remember the ladies" when he was helping to write the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Martha Washington

c)

Molly Pitcher

d)

Deborah Sampson

3.

Chief writer of the Declaration of Independence:

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

4.

Battle that convinced France to join the Patriots in the American Revolution:

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Bull Run

5.

He was a resident of Virginia, a planter, soldier in the French and Indian War, delegate to first and second Continental Congress, Commander of the Continental Army, chairman of the Constitutional Convention. Who is being described?

a)

George Washington

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

6.

Thomas Paine wrote what famous document, that persuaded the colonists to join the cause for independence?

a)

Common Sense

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

US Constitution

d)

Olive Branch Petition

7.

Which was NOT a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

quartering of troops

b)

no trial by jury of peers

c)

taxation without representation

d)

unfair balance of trade

8.

Which battle resulted in General Cornwallis being captured and the British surrender, which ended the American Revolution?

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

d)

The Battle of Good and Evil

9.

What agreement ended the American Revolution?

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

Albany Plan of Union

c)

Treaty of Paris 1783

d)

State of the Union 1765

10.

Who was the "father" of the US Navy?

a)

John Paul Jones

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

11.

Who commanded the Continental Army?

a)

George Washington

b)

Charles Cornwallis

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

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