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Ch. 6

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This group of people opposed violence, therefore they chose not to take sides during the revolutionary war.

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Loyalists

2.

Loyalists were sometimes referred to as...

a)

loyalers

b)

Britain lovers

c)

rebels

d)

tories

3.

This person disguised themselves as a man so they could fight in the war.

a)

Molly Pitcher

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Deborah Sampson

d)

Martha Washington

4.

Who helped tend to the sick and wounded at Valley Forge?

a)

Martha Washington

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Phyllis Wheatley

d)

Deborah Sampson

5.

Who brought water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth?

a)

Deborah Sampson

b)

Molly Pitcher

c)

Phyllis Wheatley

d)

Abigail Adams

6.

Who said this famous quote: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."?

a)

George Washington

b)

Nathan Hale

c)

John Burgoyne

d)

General Rochambeau

7.

Who said "Don't fire until you see the white's of their eyes."

a)

John Burgoyne

b)

General Rochambeau

c)

William Prescott

d)

George Washington

8.

What did Peter Salem earn for his service during the Revolutionary War?

a)

a high military ranking

b)

became governor

c)

Patriot leader

d)

his freedom

9.

Who were the American's ally during the war?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Britain

10.

Who persuaded Mexico, Spain, and Cuba to aid the Americans during the war by sending money?

a)

Friedrich Von Steuben

b)

Casimir Pulaski

c)

John Adams

d)

Juan de Miralles

11.

Who wrote "Common Sense"?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

King George

12.

Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Hancock

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Thomas Paine

13.

Who founded the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Dr. Warren

d)

James Otis

14.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Hancock

d)

Thomas Paine

15.

Who was said to have sewn the first American flag?

a)

Martha Washington

b)

Phyllis Wheatley

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Betsy Ross

16.

Who said "Give me liberty or give me death."?

a)

Nathan Hale

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Paul Revere

17.

Who helped set peace between Britain and the colonists?

a)

George Washington

b)

King George

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Ben Adams

18.

Who won the Revolutionary War?

a)

Britain

b)

America

c)

France

d)

Spain

19.

Who became a traitor to the Americans?

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

King George

c)

General Cornwallis

d)

Nathan Hale

20.

Who was the general in charge of the British troops at Yorktown? He eventually surrendered to the Americans.

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Charles Barkley

c)

George Washington

d)

Charles Cornwallis

21.
How many British troops surrendered in Yorktown?
a)
7500
b)
8000
c)
9000
d)
8500
22.

The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on:

a)

Concord Hill

b)

Charles Hill

c)

Breed's Hill

d)

Dorchester Hill

23.

The British General at Saratoga:

a)

Burgoyne

b)

Cornwallis

c)

Horatia

d)

Washington

24.

True or False. Washington attacked Trenton on Christmas Day

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which colony was the first to adopt a plan to free enslaved people?

a)

Georgia

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Virginia

d)

Pennsylvania

26.

British general who was captured by Americans in Philadelphia

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Nathan Hale

c)

Cornwallis

d)

Prescott

27.

Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Trenton

d)

Boston

28.

The Green Mountain Boys forced Burgoyne to surrender at..

a)

Trenton

b)

Lexington

c)

Saratoga

d)

Bunker Hill

29.

What was the main reason the Americans went to war with Britain?

a)

Wanted their land

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Taxation w/out representation

30.

Who warned that the British were coming?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Paul Revere

c)

George Washington

d)

Johnny Tremain