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Quarters 1 and 2: Road to Rev and Rev War

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What main argument did colonist have against British rule in the 1700s?

a)

Colonists could not vote in local elections

b)

Colonists had no representation in Parliament

c)

Colonists could not regulate their own taxes

d)

Colonists were not allowed to take native lands

2.

What event happened next?

a)

Parliament passes the Quartering Act

b)

King George III issues the Proclamation of 1863

c)

Colonists meet at the First Continental Congress

d)

Washington appointed general of the Continental Army

3.

What were the first shots of the American Revolution?

a)

Lexington & Concord

b)

Yorktown

c)

Saratoga

d)

Bunker Hill

4.

Who said the following quote?

"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Samuel Adams

5.

Which of the following is TRUE of colonial feelings by 1776?

a)

Most Americans were Patriots

b)

Most Americans were Neutralists

c)

Most Americans were Loyalists

d)

Americans were equally divided among Patriots, Loyalists and Neutralists

6.

What LINE banned colonial settlement past the Appalachian Mountains post French and Indian War?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

The Great Schism

c)

Mason-Dixon Line

d)

The Mississippi River

7.

What was important about the Stamp Act Congress?

a)

It was successful in earning colonial representation in Parliament

b)

It was the first time colonists united against a British tax

c)

Colonists formed representative governments for the first time

d)

John Adams was appointed leader of the Congress

8.

What caused the French and Indian War?

a)

French settlers and natives competed for power over the Ohio River Valley fur trade

b)

Natives refused to leave British territory

c)

British colonists and French merchants competed for power over the Ohio River Valley fur trade

d)

The French refused to leave native territory

9.

What battle was the turning point of the French and Indian War?

a)

Quebec: When the British took out the French capital, the French were overwhelmed

b)

Battles on the Great Lakes: when France lost control of the Great Lakes, they couldn't transport troops to battle

c)

Fort Duquesne: When the French control colonial-built forts, the British surrender

10.

What was the purpose of this image?

a)

Franklin tried to unite the colonies against the British

b)

Franklin tried to unite the colonies against the French

c)

Patrick Henry used it to unite the colonies against the Stamp Act

11.

Why did the colonists call the Coercive Acts the "Intolerable Acts"?

a)

Parliament increased taxes on tea

b)

Parliament punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party

c)

Parliament imprisoned colonists suspected of being members of the Sons of Liberty

d)

Parliament used the laws to control more of the trade along the seas

12.

The Treaty of Paris 1763 ended the French and Indian War. Which were terms of the treaty? (Select TWO)

a)

France must give up all land claims in North America

b)

Britain must pay France a percentage of profits from the fur trade

c)

Britain gained control of all North American lands east of the Mississippi River (besides Florida)

d)

Native Americans were given back lands taken from European settlement

13.

Why did King George III begin taxing colonists?

a)

To pay off his high debts from the French and Indian War

b)

To fund new colonization in Africa

c)

He needed money to reward war heroes like George Washington

d)

He planned on using the money pay natives for land

14.

The Townshend Acts:

a)

taxed only goods imported from Britain

b)

allowed colonists to house British soldiers

c)

taxed only colonial-made goods

d)

was the first tax to be repealed

15.

The Stamp Act: (Select all that are TRUE)

a)

Were repealed after colonial protest

b)

Taxed printed materials made in the colonies

c)

Brought colonists together for the first time to protest taxation without representation

d)

Were immediately replaced with the Tea Act

16.

Which law stated that British Parliament was the sole authority over the colonies?

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Intolerable Act

17.

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

To list grievances against King George III

b)

To outline a new form of government for the United States

c)

To proclaim the colonies' separation from Britain

d)

To argue natural rights

18.

Put the following events in order:

1. Boston Tea Party

2. Signing the Declaration of Independence

3. Battles of Lexington and Concord

4. Boston Massacre

a)

4, 3, 2, 1

b)

4, 1, 3, 2

c)

1, 4, 2, 3

d)

1, 2, 4, 3

19.

The Declaration of Independence outlined "unalienable rights" of man. Who most likely inspired these ideas?

a)

John Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Benjamin Franklin

20.

What role did the Sons of Liberty play?

a)

They organized protests against British actions

b)

They developed the Continental Congress

c)

They sent delegates to Britain to meet with Parliament

d)

They took military action against the British

21.

What role did the Daughters of Liberty play?

a)

They produced home-made goods to boycott British goods

b)

They joined the Continental Congress

c)

They wrote letters to Parliament requesting rights

d)

They protested the Continental Congress for women's rights

22.

Colonial governments were developed based on what idea?

a)

Elected representatives

b)

Direct democracy

c)

All citizens have natural rights

d)

Voting rights to all men

23.

Which of the following is TRUE of the Patriot Army at the start of the war? (Select all that apply)

a)

Knowledge of the land

b)

Strong leadership

c)

Well supplied army

d)

Motivated to fight

24.

What makes Saratoga the turning point of the American Revolution?

a)

Patriots won a battle not on U.S. soil

b)

The French agree to formally ally with the U.S.

c)

The Continental Congress finally supplies the Continental Army with all the supplies it needs

d)

The Continental Army didn't lose a single man in battle

25.

During the war, where did General Washington make winter camp and soldiers suffered disease and starvation?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Saratoga

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Valley Forge

26.

Which battle marked the end of the Revolution, where Washington's army and the French fleet surrounded British General Cornwallis, forcing his surrender?

a)

Valley Forge

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Yorktown

d)

Long Island

27.

Which group of Patriots worked as a spy network, communicating British actions with other colonies?

a)

Committees of Correspondence

b)

Daughters of Liberty

c)

Continental Congress

d)

Sons of Liberty

28.

Which of the following are forms of colonial protest? (Select all that apply)

a)

Signed petitions

b)

Housed soldiers

c)

Boycotted British goods

d)

Smuggling

29.

Which French noble came to fight alongside Washington in the Revolutionary War?

a)

Nathan Hale

b)

Fredrich von Stueben

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Francis Marion

30.

Which statement BEST explains Southern battles in the Revolutionary War?

a)

The British were able to cut off Patriot support

b)

Guerilla warfare, led by Francis Marion, led to many Patriot victories

c)

Strong British leadership and communication led to many British victories

d)

Many Loyalists in the South kept the South under British control

31.

What is significant of the Battle of Trenton?

a)

British forces captured General Washington

b)

It was the turning point of the war

c)

Washington outsmarted a larger British army to gain his first major victory

d)

It encouraged the French to ally with the Patriots

32.

This image was drawn as propaganda to:

a)

Encourage British to declare war on the colonies

b)

Show British fired on innocent colonists

c)

Support the Loyalist cause

d)

Persuade King George III to loosen control of the colonies

33.

Which of the following was NOT a strength of the British army in the American Revolution?

a)

Strong leadership

b)

Well-trained troops

c)

Experience at war

d)

Mercenaries

34.

In the Treaty of Paris 1783 that ended the American Revolution:

a)

Britain must recognize American independence

b)

America was forced to give up lands to the West

c)

Britain soldiers were allowed to stay in forts in the Backcountry

d)

America promised to never fight the British again

35.

In the Declaration of Independence when it says "all men" are created equal, the original definition included:

a)

all white males

b)

all white males and females

c)

white male landowners

d)

white males and females over the age of 21

36.

Whose name has become known as "traitor" thanks to his actions in the American Revolution?

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Nathan Hale

c)

Charles Cornwallis

d)

Horatio Gates

37.

Which of the following Patriots did not fight on the battlefield, but were just as helpful -- either in the Continental Congress or forming alliances in France? (Select all)

a)

John Adams

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

38.

The American Revolution caused:

a)

other colonies and France to fight for their independence

b)

Parliament to tighten its control of the colonies

c)

Spain to free its Latin American colonies

d)

Colonial leaders to be elected to Parliament

39.

Why did the colonists dislike the Tea Act?

a)

While it lowered the price of tea, it caused the British to have a monopoly of all tea sold in the colonies

b)

Parliament issued an empty apology after the Boston Massacre and thought they were being nice by only taxing tea

c)

Tea was the only safe drink in the colonies

d)

The act banned colonists from making their own tea

40.

What was a result of the Second Continental Congress? (Select all that apply)

a)

Issuing the Olive Branch Petition

b)

Forming the Continental Army

c)

Drafting the Declaration of Independence

d)

Formed colonial militias