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American revolution

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the revolutionary war start?

a)

1776

b)

1760

c)

1492

d)

1775

e)

1812

2.

Who was the commander and chief of the continental army?

a)

Harry Potter

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Ben frankln

e)

John Adams

3.

What were the first two battles in the revolutionary war?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Concord and Saratoga

c)

Lexington and Trenton

4.

Select all names that people called the British.

a)

crimson crackers

b)

lobster backs

c)

Scarlet Scoundrels

d)

Redcoats

5.

who brought cannons from fort ticonderoga to boston?

a)

benedict arnold

b)

george washington

c)

john laurents

d)

henry knox

e)

ethan allen

6.

All the continental army and militias wore blue. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In this famous painting by Emanuel Leutze, George Washington is shown crossing a river. Which one?

a)

The Hudson (then called the North River)

b)

The East

c)

The Delaware

d)

The Thames

e)

The Ohio

8.

What battle happened on Christmas eve and day and was an attack on Hessians?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton

c)

Princeton

9.

What are all of the forces that fought at Yorktown?

a)

Vikings, Russians, Spaniards, and Americans

b)

French, British, Hessian, and Americans

c)

Romans, British, Americans, and French

d)

Greeks, Hessians, Americans, Spaniards

e)

Americans, Spaniards, French, and British

10.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Hancock

d)

Sam Adams

11.

Which continent is England located on?

a)

North America

b)

None - it's an island

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

12.

Which of these options was not one of the original 13 colonies? Choose all that apply.

a)

New York

b)

Hogwarts

c)

Maine

d)

Vermont

e)

New Hampshire

13.

After defeat at Fort Washington, Washington and his troops crossed which river into New Jersey to escape the British?

a)

Potomac

b)

Delaware

c)

Hudson (then called the North River)

d)

Charles

e)

Hackensack

14.

which forces fought in the american revolution?

a)

americans

b)

british

c)

french

d)

spaniards

e)

netherlands

15.

Which of these were actual sieges during the revolution? (A siege is when one army surrounds another one to try to force them to surrender or starve)

a)

The siege of Boston

b)

The siege of Savannah

c)

The siege of Yorktown

d)

The siege of Charleston

e)

siege of Pensacola

16.

The Revolutionary War lasted _____ years.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

e)

100

17.

how many soldiers died in the war?

a)

444,000

b)

unown

c)

16,000

d)

56,000

e)

23,000

18.

Was the Revolution worth it?

a)

Yes

b)

No

19.

Why was or wasn't the Revolutionary War worth it?

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