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Revolutionary War Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the date we declared our independence?

a)

June 4, 1778

b)

July 4, 1876

c)

July 4, 1776

d)

Sept. 25, 1981

2.

The name of the makeshift camp that Washington and his army suffered through a harsh winter?

a)

Valley Forge

b)

Fort Knox

c)

Saratoga

d)

Bunker Hill

3.

German mercenary soldiers that were hired by the British were called ______________________?

a)

Prussians

b)

Hessians

c)

Black Coats

d)

Bavarians

4.

Request sent to the king asking for peace and for the colonists' rights to be protected?

a)

Natural Rights

b)

Common Sense

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Olive Branch Petition

5.

American colonists who favored or supported a war against the British?

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

6.

Washington and his army counted on the element of surprise to defeat the British (Hessians) at the Battle of _____________?

a)

Long Island

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Trenton

d)

Brandywine

7.

Henry Hamilton paid Native Americans for the scalps of American settlers, earning him what nickname?

a)

Hair Buyer

b)

The Butcher

c)

Scalp Buyer

d)

Frontier Devil

8.

The first to sign the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Hancock

9.

He came at the age of 19 to volunteer his services to the Patriot cause and became a trusted aide to Washington?

a)

Von Steuben

b)

Lafayette

c)

Miralles

d)

Pullaski

10.

Which of the following was NOT a strength of the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

a)

great Leadership

b)

knowledge of the land

c)

superior military equipment

d)

determination

11.

British leader who surrendered is army at Yorktown?

a)

Cornwallis

b)

Burgoyne

c)

Howe

d)

Arnold

12.

British leader who surrendered is army at Saratoga?

a)

Cornwallis

b)

Burgoyne

c)

Howe

d)

Arnold

13.

At Yorktown, the British were trapped by the Americans by land and the _______________ by sea?

a)

Germans

b)

Norwegians

c)

Spanish

d)

French

14.

Pamphlet published in 1776 that urged the colonies to declare independence?

a)

Olive Branch Petition

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Common Sense

d)

Writs of Assistance

15.

American patriot militia defeated American loyalist militia at the Battle of __________________________?

a)

Long Island

b)

Kings Mountain

c)

Trenton

d)

Brandwine

16.

The turning point of the Revolutionary War is known as which battle?

a)

Cowpens

b)

Princeton

c)

Yorktown

d)

Saratoga

17.

Know as the "Swamp Fox" for his hit-and-run tactics?

a)

Francis Marion

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Nathanael Greene

d)

John Paul Jones

18.

The author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Hancock

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Thomas Paine

19.

She disguised herself as a man in order to fight against the British?

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Molly Pitcher

c)

Martha Washington

d)

Deborah Sampson

20.

The author of Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

John Hancock

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson