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CHECKPOINT REV WAR HARDY

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was a tax imposed on the colonies by the British?

a)

CARRIAGE ACT

b)

STAMP ACT

c)

LUMBER ACT

d)

SHIP ACT

2.

What were two reasons for why Great Britain taxed the colonies?

a)

TO BECOME THE WEALTHIEST NATION IN THE WORLD

b)

TO HELP FINANCE THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

c)

TO HELP FINANCE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BRITISH TROOPS IN THE COLONIES

d)

TO PAY FOR THE PALACES OF THE KING

3.

THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 _______

a)

RESTRICTED THE WESTERN MOVEMENT OF SETTLERS

b)

RESTRICTED THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT OF SETTLERS

c)

RESTRICTED THE NORTHERN MOVEMENT OF SETTLERS

d)

RESTRICTED THE EASTERN MOVEMENT OF SETTLERS

4.

The ideas first expressed by this European philosopher, helped influence the Declaration of the Independence?

a)

JOHN LOCKE

b)

GEORGE III

c)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

d)

JOHN ADAMS

5.

Give me liberty or give me death”

a)

CRISPUS ATTACKS

b)

MARQUIS DE LAYFAYETTE

c)

LORD CORNWALLIS

d)

PATRICK HENRY

e)

THOMAS PAYNE

6.

Wrote Common Sense Pamphlet promoting American Independence

a)

PAUL REVERE

b)

THOMAS PAYNE

c)

CRISPUS ATTACKS

d)

PHYLLIS WHEATLEY

7.

British general who surrendered at Yorktown

a)

LORD CORNWALLIS

b)

THOMAS PAYNE

c)

PAUL REVERE

d)

PATRICK HENRY

8.

French noblemen who served in the Continental army

a)

PAUL REVERE

b)

MARQUIS DE LAYFAYETTE

c)

LORD CORNWALLIS

d)

JAMES LAYFAYETTE

9.

enslaved African American who served as a spy in the Continental army

a)

JAMES LAYFAYETTE

b)

MARQUIS DE LAYFAYETTE

c)

CRISPUS ATTACKS

d)

PHYLLIS WHEATLEY

10.

enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence

a)

PAUL REVERE

b)

CRISPUS ATTACKS

c)

JAMES LAYFAYETTE

d)

PHYLLIS WHEATLEY

11.

patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival

a)

IPATRICK HENRY

b)

PAUL REVERE

c)

JAMES LAYFAYETTE

d)

LORD CORNWALLI

12.

fugitive slave who was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre

a)

CSRISPUS ATTACKS

b)

JAMES LAYFAYETTE

c)

THOMAS PAYNE

d)

PHYLLIS WHEATLEY

13.

turning point in the war. Led to French support

a)

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

b)

BUNKER HILL

c)

SARATOGA

d)

YORKTOWN

14.

first major battle of the war

a)

SARATOGA

b)

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

c)

BUNKER HILL

d)

YORKTOWN

15.

first armed conflict of the war

a)

SARATOGA

b)

YORKTOWN

c)

BUNKER HILL

d)

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

16.

colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis  that led to the end of the war

a)

YORKTOWN

b)

SARATOGA

c)

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

d)

BUNKER HILL

17.

. Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the colonists in winning the Revolutionary War?

a)

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM FRANCE

b)

STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON

c)

OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE NATIVE AMERICANS

d)

STRONG SENSE TO DEFEND THEIR LAND, PRINCIPLES, AND BELIEFS