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WorksheetsAmerica in the 1700's
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 2mins
What were the colonists protesting with the Boston Tea Party?
The Paper Act
The Plastic Act
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act
How people were killed in the Boston Massacre?
2
3
4
5
After the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain punished colonists with several laws that took away Massachusetts’ right to govern itself. What were these laws called?
Inconvenient Acts
Intolerable Acts
Improper Acts
Implacable Acts
What city was the first capital of the United States?
Philadelphia
Richmond
Washington D.C.
New York
What was the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Marseille
The Treaty of Lyon
What was the first governing document of the newly created United States, later replaced by the U.S. Constitution?
The Articles of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Freedom
The Bill of Rights
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia
Richmond
Washinton D.C.
New York
What are the leaders of the American Revolution called?
Fathers-in-law
Church fathers
Founding fathers
Elders
Which organization was formed in the American colonies to oppose the Stamp Act in 1765?
Knights of Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Council of New England
Sons of Liberty
Which American military officer switched sides and fought for the British during the American Revolution, making his name an epithet for a traitor in the United States?
Benedict Arnold
John Laurens
Edward Hand
Richard Mongomery
What was the name given to the American colonists who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution?
Loyalists
Anglicans
Royalists
Patriots
Who was the first person to sign the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
Francis Lightfoot Lee
John Hancock
William Floyd
Caesar Rodney
