Worksheets8th Grade American Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
What Act did the First Continental Congress want repealed?
The Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Indigo Act
The Stamp Act required colonist to pay a tax on
Sugar
Tea
Milk
Printed Paper
British reacted to the Boston Tea Party by imposing
The Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
Sugar Act
The Declaration of Independence
Colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor protesting the
stamp act
tea act
sugar act
Townshend act
What did the Treaty of Paris 1783 do?
Ended the Revolutionary War
Ended the French and Indian War
Ended WWI
Ended Pontiac's War
What was the name of the Patriot Army?
US Army
Continental Army
British Army
Privateer Army
What was a Hessian?
German soldier fighting for the British
French soldier fighting for the Patriots
Spanish soldier fighting for the Patriots
African American soldier fighting for the British
What was a mercenary?
person who did not take sides during the war
spy
voluntary soldier
soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
Which was NOT a major military strategy of the Americans?
form alliances
attrition
blockades
guerilla warfare
Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Crispus Attucks
America’s 1stnaval hero. Known for saying “I’ve not yet begun to fight!”
Haym Salomon
James Armistead
John Paul Jones
Crispus Attucks
Which of these would NOT have been taxed by the Stamp Act?
Tea
Paper
Playing Cards
The Quartering Act said that _____ were allowed to stay in people's homes.
British soldiers
Colonial soldiers
The _____ became the government of the United States during the American Revolution.
Continental Congress
Stamp Act Congress
President
King and Queen
To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the harbor.
Boston Massacre
Townshend Act
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Act
According to the Declaration of Independence, the government gets its power from-
Parliament
the King
the President
the people
Define Boycott:
To cancel
to deny ownership of a product or property
Refusal to buy a product or service in order to put pressure on the company/government to make a change in policy.
to take back
Who organized the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty
George Washington
Boston Leaders
John Adams
What law did King George III pass that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Proclamation of 1763
Tea Act
Philadelphia played a special role during the
American Revolution
War of 1812
Vietnam War
World War I
Why was it so devastating when the Patriots took control of the city of Philadelphia?
It was the center of American trade and commerce
It was the capital city
It cut off the north from the south
George Washington was killed when the British captured the city
