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American Revolution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the general of the Continental Army

a)

General Lord Charles Cornwallis

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

General Henry Knox

2.

Who was the Commander of the British Army

a)

George Washington

b)

General Lord Charles Cornwallis

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

General Henry Knox

3.

Which battle was the "turning point" of the Revolutionary War.

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

c)

Battle of Riverglades

d)

Battle of Saratoga

4.

Which act taxed molasses

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Molasses Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Tea Act

5.

Which act taxed on newspapers and all printed materials

a)

Newspaper Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Tea Act

6.

To refuse to buy items in protest

a)

protest

b)

ratify

c)

minutemen

d)

boycott

7.

What act forced colonists to pay taxes on British tea

a)

Molasses Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Tea Act

8.

American colonist who rejected the British rule

a)

Monarchy

b)

Loyalists

c)

Patriots

d)

minutemen

9.

These colonists were loyal to the King of England, George lll, during the Revolutionary War. They did not want independence

a)

patriots

b)

loyalist

c)

minutemen

d)

monarchy

10.

A government where there is only one king or queen to rule the country

a)

minutemen

b)

government

c)

monarchy

d)

loyalist

11.

A document that was written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 asking for the legal separation of the American colonist from England.

a)

monarchy

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Preamble

d)

document

12.

This war was fought in 1776-1783 between the British and the American Colonist. Americans fought for their Independence from the British

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

American Revolution

13.

A raid on British ships in the Boston Harbor in which colonists, disguised as Native Americans, threw barrels of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea

a)

Tea Act

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

boycott

d)

American Revolution

14.

Volutneer soldiers who were ready to fight in a moment's notice

a)

readymen

b)

minutemen

c)

men of Revolution

d)

quickmen