WorksheetsAmerican Revolution: the War
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 33mins
Which Patriot wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
John Locke
Which Frenchman that served under Washington, was known for his bravery and even helped to secure 6,000 French troops for the colonies?
Lafayette
Robespierre
Rochambeau
Souslieteau
Who was the Patriot war hero of the Battle of Ticonderoga, got injured and ended up becoming a traitor?
Benedict Arnold
Nathan Hale
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
What document created a constitutional monarchy by making Parliament the basis for all laws? This was signed in 1689.
The Treaty of 1783
Magna Carta
Petition of Rights
English Bill of Rights
What document was the first to limit the monarch's power in 1215?
English Bill of Rights
Petition of Rights
Declaration of Right
Magna Carta
Who was the British commander that was best known for his surrender at Yorktown?
Lord Charles Cornwallis
General Thomas Gage
General William Howe
Lord Samuel Graves
Where did the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777 - 1778; 1/4 of the troops died there from disease and malnutrition?
Boston
New York
Saratoga
Valley Forge
What was the battle where the British forces surrendered because the colonial forces surrendered them with the French navy cutting off their escape?
Boston
Cowspen
Trenton
Yorktown
On Christmas Eve, General Washington led his men to cross the Delaware River so they could surprise the Hessians on Christmas Day. What was the name of the surprise Christmas Day attack that boosted soldier morale?
Boston
New York
Trenton
Saratoga
Which battle was a decisive colonial victory, convincing foreign nations like France to support the American Revolutionary war efforts?
Boston
New York
Saratoga
Yorktown
Who wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence, and was a delegate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress?
Ben Franklin
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Who was the 17th Century philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right of life, liberty, and property. His beliefs were used to write the Declaration of Independence?
Marquis de Lafayette
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Knew the terrain, were fighting for a cause, used guerrilla warfare and had the leadership of George Washington
british advantages
colonial advantages
british weaknesses
colonial weaknesses
Had larger force, better trained, better armed, more money and supplies, and superior navy
british advantages
colonial advantages
british weaknesses
colonial weaknesses
poorly trained soldiers, little supplies, little to no money and no real navy to speak of
british advantages
colonial advantages
british weaknesses
colonial weaknesses
fighting far from home, used paid mercenaries, bright red uniforms, used old style fighting formation
british advantages
colonial advantages
british weaknesses
colonial weaknesses
Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army and a Virginian delegate to the First Continental Congress?
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Nathaniel Gates
George Washington
Prussian officer that trained the Continental Army during the Spring of 1778 at Valley Forge
Marquis de Lafayette
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
John Paul Jones
Baron Von Steuben
What Patriot, when trying to convince the Virginia House of Burgesses, declared "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"?
Ben Franklin
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Which part of the Declaration outlines the ideas of the new nation and states the purpose?
Preamble
List of Grievances
Statement of Beliefs
Declaration
What are the rights that people are born with called? The rights that governments should protect and not abuse.
individual rights
natural rights
personal rights
social contract
What is the name the packet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the colonists that it was time for independence?
Two Treaties of Government
The American Crisis
Common Sense
Declare Now
What was the name of the peace treaty that ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of the Americas
Treaty of Independence
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Which British Act governed trade between the colonies and Britain?
Bribe Act
Smuggling Acts
Triangular Trade
Navigation Acts
What did the Proclamation of 1763 stop colonists from doing?
Moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Trading with India
Quartering British soldiers
Drinking tea
Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?
Navigation Acts
Pamphlet Act
Stamp Act
War Debt Act
Which act made colonists give food & drinks to British soldiers and allowed them to live in their homes?
Penny Act
Quartering Act
Food Act
Tea Act
Which act was the considered the WORST EVER, closed the port of Boston, and limited town meetings?
Intolerable Acts
Perfectly Tolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
What slogan did the colonists use as a protest?
No taxation without representation
No tea without the sea
We make noise till you hear our voice
No acts without the facts
How did the colonists react to the Tea Act?
They held a political party
Dumping coffee into Boston Harbor
Kicking British soldiers out of their homes
Boston Tea Party
Which was a violent reaction from the colonists?
Petition
Tarring and Feathering
Boycott
Smuggling
Group that makes laws in Britain
Congress
Petition
Parliament
King
Why did Britain pass taxes in the colonies?
They wanted to buy more gold
To pay French and Indian War debt
The King needed new clothes
To punish the colonists for disobeying laws
The Sons of Liberty
were arrested and hung in Boston
protested British Acts
went to Britain to vote
supported British Acts
Which of the following was not a reaction to the Stamp Act?
The Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act Congress
Tarring and Feathering
The Townshend Acts placed a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea.
Information designed to influence people's opinions is called ______________
proclamation
debate
resolutions
propaganda
___________ was the first colonist killed by the British in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
King George III
Parliament authorized writs of assistance that _____________.
Let poorer colonists buy goods tax-free
allowed officials to search for smuggled goods
moved colonists' trials to Britain
took away colonists' right to vote.
Benjamin Franklin's political cartoon was used as _____________________ to gain support for independence.
Propaganda
Committee of Correspondence
Occupy
Encounter
What was the main issue of King George and Parliament taxing the colonists?
colonies had their own legislatures to pass tax policy
colonies had no representation in Parliament
some acts went beyond taxation
colonist had new roads built with tax money
How does this artwork show BIAS?
It shows BIAS by portraying the British as evil and the Colonist as innocent.
It shows BIAS portraying the Colonists as evil and the British as innocent.
It shows no BIAS
It shows that Boston was a safe place.
