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WorksheetsLead Up to the Revolutionary War Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 26mins
How did the colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Protests
Riots
Where was the First Continental Congress held?
Carpenter's Hall
Independence Hall
White House
New York City
List 2 Famous Members of the First Continental Congress
What was the boycott of all British goods called?
Continental Association
Continental Group
National Boycott
British Goods, No Good
What type of rights did the colonists say they had in the Declaration of Rights?
Natural Rights (Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness)
Legal Rights
Optional Rights
Native American Rights
Explain why attending the First Continental Congress was a risk for the delegates.
Why were British soldiers marching to Concord?
To destroy a weapons stash
For strategic position
To fortify the town
To capture George Washington
Who were the three riders that took part in the Midnight Ride to Lexington and Concord?
Paul Revere
Thomas Dawes
Samuel Prescott
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
What two people were in Lexington that the British wanted to arrest?
John Hancock
Sam Adams
John Adams
Ben Franklin
George Washington
Where was the "Shot heard around the world" fired?
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Washington
The fighting at Lexington and Concord was the beginning of what major conflict?
American Revolution
7 Years War
War of 1812
Whiskey Rebellion
Name one of the three things the Second Continental Congress did immediately.
Who was put in charge of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Ben Franklin
John Adams
George Clinton
Why were British soldiers moving to hills outside of Boston?
Where did most of the fighting take place during the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Breeds Hill
Bunker Hill
Boston
Charlestown
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
King George ended up hiring mercenaries from which country?
Canada
Germany
France
Russia
Who wrote Common Sense?
Ben Franklin
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Sam Adams
Which document did Common Sense influence?
the Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Magna Carta
12 Letters from a Farmer in PA
Why was Common Sense such an influential writing?
Reached the common man
Changed the King's mind
Convinced the Native Americans to switch sides
Ended the 2nd Continental Congress
What committee was tasked with writing the Declaration of Independence?
The Committee of Five
Ways and Means
Freedom Committee
Committee of Four
Who wrote the final draft of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
Patrick Lee
John Locke believed that Government's job was to project our (a) Rights
On what date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4th, 1776
July 2nd, 1776
April 1st, 1781
May 10th, 1789
