WorksheetsVS 5 American Revolutionary War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who won the Revolutionary War?
a)
Colonists
b)
Local Assemblies
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
English
2.
Who did the colonists believe had legal authority in the colonies?
a)
Parliament
b)
local assemblies
c)
the King
d)
George Washington
3.
The Declaration of Independence states that all authority to govern belongs to who?
a)
People
b)
King
c)
Parliament
d)
Local Assemblies
4.
Who served as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
General Cornwallis
d)
Thomas Jefferson
5.
Who was forced to flee the city of Norfolk during the Battle of Great Bridge?
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
The King
c)
The British Governor
d)
George Washington
6.
Who was a slave that served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the war?
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
American Indians
d)
James Lafayette
7.
Which group of people fought alongside both the patriots and loyalists?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Patriots
c)
American Indians
d)
Women
8.
Who rode on horseback to Charlottesville to war Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming?
a)
James Lafayette
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
Jack Jouett
9.
__________ believed they had legal authority in the colonies.
a)
The King
b)
General Assembly
c)
Parliament
d)
House of Burgesses
10.
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at _________
a)
The Battle of Great Bridge
b)
Yorktown
c)
Jamestown
d)
Richmond
11.
The Declaration of Independence expressed reasons for colonial ___________ from Great Britain.
a)
freedom
b)
liberty
c)
independence
d)
equality
12.
Which group fought for both the English and the Colonists because they were promised their freedom?
a)
Women
b)
African Americans
c)
American Indians
d)
Neutral
13.
Who inspired people with his speeches?
a)
Patriots
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
14.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
James Lafayette
15.
Some Virginians were_______, meaning they did not take sides.
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutral
d)
American Indians
16.
Who fought in the Continental Army against the English?
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutral
17.
Who took on more responsibility during the war?
a)
American Indians
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Women
d)
Patriots
18.
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a)
July 4, 1776
b)
July 4, 1607
c)
March 23, 1775
d)
July 4, 1840
19.
The colonists believed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because --
a)
they already paid taxes to France.
b)
they had no representation in Parliament.
c)
they released legal authority of the colonies to the British Parliament.
d)
the royal governor excused them from all taxes.
20.
Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
a)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
b)
Boston, Massachusetts
c)
Yorktown, Virginia
d)
Williamsburg, Virginia
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