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Revolutionary war- Causes and Victory

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The French and Indian War was very _______________ for the British.

a)

cheap

b)

expensive

c)

long

2.

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

a)

British

b)

colonists

c)

Spain

3.
To tax means
a)
to quarter soldiers
b)
to smuggle
c)
to boycott
d)
to charge people money to pay for government services
4.
This act taxed goods like cloth, sugar, and coffee.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Cloth Act
d)
Coffee Act
5.

The Colonists were happy about paying the tax.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.
Colonists started to do what in order to avoid the Sugar Act?
a)
Moved back home
b)
Steal sugar
c)
Smuggle goods secretly into the colonies 
7.
In 1765, Parliament created another tax called the...?
a)
Salt Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Jelly Act 
8.
This act taxed anything printed on paper.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Paper Act
c)
Townshend Acts
d)
Sugar Act
9.

This man, the leader of the Sons of Liberty, told colonists to boycott British goods. Who was he?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

King George III

10.
Across the colonies, groups formed and called themselves the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty often held __________ to show how much they disliked the taxes.
a)
protests
b)
meetings
c)
held people captive
11.
A synonym for liberty is
a)
loyalty
b)
freedom
c)
treason
d)
oppression
12.
What did the colonists believe?
a)
That England should continue to tax them.
b)
That other countries would help them.
c)
That only the colonial governments should tax the colonists. 
13.
boycott means
a)
to give people food and shelter
b)
to bring in goods in secret and illegally
c)
to stop buying or selling something to make a point
d)
to cancel something
14.
Eventually the protests worked, and Parliament agreed to __________ the Stamp Act.
a)
continue
b)
repeal
c)
make more
15.

The Townshend Acts were taxes on:

a)

sugar

b)

anything printed on paper

c)

imported goods like lead, paint, glass, paper, tea

d)

houses owned by the colonists

16.
How did the women in the Daughters of the Liberty help the colonists?
a)
made flags
b)
developed new weapons
c)
wove clothing
17.

What famous phrase did the colonists come up with?

a)

Ain't nobody got time for that

b)

No Taxation without Representation

c)

These taxes a lit, yo!

d)

Taste the rainbow

18.

After continued protests, the Townshend Act was mostly repealed. What was the only piece that was not?

a)

The tax on tea

b)

The tax on imports

c)

The tax on legal document

d)

The tax on lead and glass

19.
Who was the King during the American Revolution?
a)
King Arthur
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
King George III
d)
King Charles II
20.

Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?

a)

Hector

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Sam Adams

d)

John Adams

21.

Who is responsible for this rendering(drawing) of the events on March 5, 1770?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

Paul Revere

c)

John Adams

d)

John Hancock

22.
Which well-known Patriot represented the British soldiers in a trial after the Boston Massacre?  It was not that he liked the British soldiers but he wanted to prove that even a British soldier could get a fair trial in America.
a)
Sam Adams
b)
John Hancock
c)
Paul Revere
d)
John Adams
23.

Was Paul Revere a Loyalist or Patriot?

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

c)

Neither

24.

Who dressed up like Native Americans and raided ships?

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

King George

d)

Republicans

25.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

a)

A very peaceful group of protestors

b)

King George's sons

c)

an army made up of Loyalists

d)

Group of men that protested laws like the Stamp Act

26.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Sons of Liberty threw all the tea in the ocean

b)

Patriots sat and had tea with King George

c)

Native Americans threw all the tea in the ocean

d)

King George had a sale on tea

27.

What act was the cause of the Boston Tea party?

a)

The Townshend act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Sugar Act

28.

The colonist's were forced to buy tea from the East India Tea Company as a part of the Tea Act

a)

False

b)

True

29.

1. In the spring of 1774, Parliament passed four harsh laws that colonists called the ___________________________________ .

a)

TEA ACT

b)

INTOLERABLE ACTS

30.

The Intolerable Acts were passed as punishment for what incident?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

First Continental Congress

31.

A part of the Coercive Acts, private citizens were forces to _____________ British soldiers

a)

EVICT

b)

QUARTER

32.

3. All ________________________________ in Massachusetts were to be disbanded.

a)

COERCIVE ACTS

b)

COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

33.

Patriot Americans changed the name parliament gave to The Intolerable Acts. What was the original name?

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Boston Port Act

c)

The Townsend Act

d)

The Coercive Acts

34.

The Intolerable Acts were a

a)

Tax on tea

b)

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party

c)

truce between Britain and the colonies

35.
Where did the colonist hide their weapons?
a)
Boston
b)
Lexington
c)
Concord
36.
Why did the soldiers march to Concord?
a)
They  marched to Concord to burn houses
b)
They didn't march to Concord
c)
They marched to Concord to destroy weapons
37.
Who jumped on the horse to warn the colonist that the British were coming?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
King George III
c)
John Adams
38.
What are militia?
a)
People who are ready to fight in minutes
b)
Everyday people training for battle
c)
Soldiers coming from England
39.
The battle of Lexington was the result of…
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
General Gage ordering troops to get colonial weapons
40.
The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
c)
Battle of Trenton
41.

Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?

a)

Bunker Hill

b)

Breed's Hill

c)

Boston Hill

d)

Mount Vernon

42.

Who was chosen to lead the first army of the United States?

a)

General Howe

b)

King George III

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

43.
What document did the Patriots send to the King as a last effort at peace?
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
The Salem Treaty
c)
The Olive Branch Petition
d)
The Magna Carta
44.

Was the Colonist's petition accepted or rejected by the king?

a)

Accepted

b)

Rejected

45.

What was the King's response to the Olive Branch Petition?

a)

He stomped on it

b)

He rejected it completely

c)

He agreed to lower taxes

d)

He threw it into the fire

46.

What was the title of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convinced Patriots to leave Britain?

a)

Uncle Toms Cabin

b)

The Fourth Night

c)

Cry of the Nightingale

d)

Common Sense

47.
•What was the name of the congress that ordered the creation of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Congress
c)
Confederation Congress
d)
Second Continental Congress
48.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
John Locke
49.
What important phrase did Thomas Jefferson write in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
b)
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
c)
"Let justice be done though the heavens should fall."
d)
"All men are created equal."
50.
The Declaration of Independence states that people can change their government if it is not protecting their rights.
a)
True
b)
False
51.
Freedom from control of a person or group
a)
petition
b)
independence
c)
declaration
d)
boycott
52.

What did Abigail Adams ask her husband, John, to include in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

a law making Catholicism the state religion

b)

rights for women

c)

her design for the American flag

d)

freedom for all enslaved African Americans

53.
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 
a)
July 4, 1776
b)
July 2, 1776
c)
July 4, 1763
d)
July 4, 1876
54.

The delegates of the Second Continental Congress were worried after signing the declaration of Indepedence because they could be in trouble for fighting against their own country, which is a crime called

a)

Treaty

b)

Treason

c)

Boycott

d)

Enlist

55.
Who won the Revolutionary War?
a)
British
b)
Americans
56.
Where was the war won at?
a)
Saratoga
b)
Trenton
c)
Lexington & Concord
d)
Yorktown
57.
What helped the Americans beat the British?
a)
Being a stronger more trained army
b)
Better technology for weapons
c)
Having the French help
58.
What was signed to officially end the Revolutionary War?
a)
Treaty of Paris 1783
b)
Declaration of Independence
59.
What did the Treaty of Paris give to the Patriots?
a)
Independence & weapons
b)
Independence & Land
60.
Even though the war ended, what challenge is America still going to face?
a)
War
b)
Fighting with Native Americans
c)
Slavery

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