NEW
Font size
WorksheetsRevolutionary War Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the date we declared our independence?
June 4, 1778
July 4, 1876
July 4, 1776
Sept. 25, 1981
The name of the makeshift camp that Washington and his army suffered through a harsh winter?
Valley Forge
Fort Knox
Saratoga
Bunker Hill
German mercenary soldiers that were hired by the British were called ______________________?
Prussians
Hessians
Black Coats
Bavarians
Request sent to the king asking for peace and for the colonists' rights to be protected?
Natural Rights
Common Sense
Intolerable Acts
Olive Branch Petition
American colonists who favored or supported a war against the British?
Patriots
Loyalists
Washington and his army counted on the element of surprise to defeat the British (Hessians) at the Battle of _____________?
Long Island
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Brandywine
Henry Hamilton paid Native Americans for the scalps of American settlers, earning him what nickname?
Hair Buyer
The Butcher
Scalp Buyer
Frontier Devil
The first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
He came at the age of 19 to volunteer his services to the Patriot cause and became a trusted aide to Washington?
Von Steuben
Lafayette
Miralles
Pullaski
Which of the following was NOT a strength of the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
great Leadership
knowledge of the land
superior military equipment
determination
British leader who surrendered is army at Yorktown?
Cornwallis
Burgoyne
Howe
Arnold
British leader who surrendered is army at Saratoga?
Cornwallis
Burgoyne
Howe
Arnold
At Yorktown, the British were trapped by the Americans by land and the _______________ by sea?
Germans
Norwegians
Spanish
French
Pamphlet published in 1776 that urged the colonies to declare independence?
Olive Branch Petition
Natural Rights
Common Sense
Writs of Assistance
American patriot militia defeated American loyalist militia at the Battle of __________________________?
Long Island
Kings Mountain
Trenton
Brandwine
The turning point of the Revolutionary War is known as which battle?
Cowpens
Princeton
Yorktown
Saratoga
Know as the "Swamp Fox" for his hit-and-run tactics?
Francis Marion
Thomas Paine
Nathanael Greene
John Paul Jones
The author of the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
She disguised herself as a man in order to fight against the British?
Abigail Adams
Molly Pitcher
Martha Washington
Deborah Sampson
The author of Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
