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RW: ChoiceBoard- "The First Shots" Slide Three

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The_______________Bridge is the place where the British and Americans fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War.

a)

East

b)

West

c)

North

d)

South

2.

The _______________ were the soldiers who were youngest and strongest, and could be ready to fight most quickly.

a)

special forces

b)

minutemen

c)

Green Mountain boys

d)

swamp foxes

3.

Thomas Gage was upset the Americans had stolen ______________ and sent the British Army to Concord to get them back.

a)

food supplies

b)

ammunition stores

c)

steel bayonets

d)

armaments

4.

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott were called ___________ riders because they let the colonists know the British had started marching.

a)

rough

b)

lightning

c)

thoroughbred

d)

alarm

5.

A group of British soldiers marched to ___________ Farm.

a)

Barrett

b)

Franklin

c)

Hancock

d)

McGregor

6.

In Concord, the townspeople asked the British to stop the ___________ .

a)

flood

b)

fighting

c)

fire

d)

fleeing

7.

There were _________ British soldiers killed at North Bridge.

a)

2

b)

12

c)

22

d)

32

8.

When British soldiers started marching back to Boston, there a was a ____________ on the left side that allowed the Americans to not be detected as they gathered and gained more people.

a)

valley

b)

plateau

c)

precipice

d)

ridge

9.

The group of small battles that started at Marian Hill and went back towards Boston were called the ______________ battles.

a)

attrition

b)

breakthrough

c)

running

d)

decisivie

10.

At end of these battles, the British lost ___________ soldiers (killed, wounded or missing) and the Americans lost ___________.

a)

300 & 93

b)

3000 & 930

c)

30 & 9

d)

13000 & 9300