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Road to the American Revolution and Revolution

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Sam Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

"Unalienable rights" are similar to which of the following ideas?

a)

right to rebel

b)

natural rights

c)

popular sovereignty

3.

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Guilford Courthouse

b)

Trenton

c)

Yorktown

d)

Lexington & Concord

4.

Which battle is shown in this image?

a)

Guilford Courthouse

b)

Yorktown

c)

Trenton

d)

Lexington & Concord

5.
What was the outcome of the Battle of Yorktown?
a)
Cornwallis surrendered, ending the war.
b)
The warships were lost in a fierce storm.
c)
Washington withdrew rather than risk his army.
d)
Rochambeau's troops barely escaped alive.
6.
What are your 3 Unalienable Rights, as expressed by Thomas Jefferson?
a)
Peace, Love and Joy
b)
Life, Liberty, and Property
c)
Life, Leadership and Pursuit of Happiness
d)
Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
7.
What stated that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains? 
a)
Northwest Ordinance
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Declaration of Independence 
d)
Townshend Acts
8.
What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?
a)
French & Indian War
b)
American Revolution
c)
War of 1812
d)
French Revolution 
9.
What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Sugar Act
10.
What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the American colonies?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Stamp Act 
11.

What is the name of the act that the British passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid?

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Act

d)

The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts

12.
_______ was an incident where British soldiers panicked and shot and killed five colonists in Boston.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
13.

American colonists who favored American independence.

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

14.

What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

House of Representatives

d)

First Continental Congress

15.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights..."
Declaration of Independence, 1776
This excerpt refers to the rights that people - 
a)
earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government. 
b)
receive by becoming citizens of a country.
c)
have as a result of being human.
d)
are granted after enlistment in the military.
16.
Why did Great Britain originally begin taxing the colonists?
a)
Because they wanted to buy more tea.
b)
To pay for the French and Indian War.
c)
To help them build weapons of mass destruction.
17.
Which is NOT a tax imposed on the colonists by Great Britain?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Paper Crown Act
18.
How did the American Revolution end?
a)
At the battle of Yorktown, when the British surrendered.
b)
At Lexington and Concord, when the colonists surrendered. 
c)
When the British dropped atomic bombs on Boston.
19.

What was the result of the Revolution?

a)

The colonists became free from Great Britain.

b)

The colonists moved back to Britain.

c)

The colonists fought the French.

20.

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as a boundary of approved settlement?

a)

Lake Michigan

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Appalachian Mountains

21.

Surrounded by French and Continental(Armies) armies, a large British army led by General Cornwallis surrendered here.

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Lexington and Concord

22.
The Hessian Mercenaries were
a)
enslaved Africans who were forced to fight in the war.
b)
women who were hired to work in the army camps.
c)
Patriots who had sacrificed their lives for a noble cause.
d)
professional German soldiers hired to fight for Britain.
23.
What did Marquis de Lafayette volunteer to do?
a)
cook in the Continental Army
b)
spy against the Continental Army
c)
serve in the Continental Army
24.
After the victory at Saratoga, King Louis XVI of France
a)
recognized the independence of the United States.
b)
began giving secret aid to the Americans.
c)
captured Natchez and Baton Rouge.
d)
helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris
25.

Ben Franklin proposed the ________ to unite the colonies for the purpose of defense.

a)

Albany Plan of Union

b)

Great Awakening

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

26.
The ________ was a nine-year conflict between French and British forces in North America.
a)
Pontiac's Rebellion
b)
French and Indian War
27.
What is a boycott?
a)
Boycott is the name for Britain's law-making assembly.
b)
A boycott is a refusal to buy goods.
c)
A boycott is a tax on imported goods.
d)
A boycott is a volunteer army.
28.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
a)
It was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act.
b)
It was Boston's response to the Intolerable Acts.
c)
It was when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
d)
It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston.
29.
During which event did colonist leaders vote to stop trading with Great Britain, and start training militias?
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Committee of Correspondence
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Proclamation of 1763
30.
Who formed the Sons of Liberty and Committee of Correspondence?
a)
George Washington
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Paul Revere
d)
George III
31.

I was an brilliant inventor and I traveled to France and convinced them to join the war on the side of the Americans.

a)

George Washington

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

John Adams

d)

Abigail Adams

32.

I was a slave and learned to read and write. I wrote poems and plays for American Independence.

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Betsy Ross

c)

Abigail Adams

d)

Molly Pitcher

33.

I asked my husband to "remember the ladies" when he was helping creating a new government.

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Martha Washington

c)

Molly Pitcher

d)

Phillis Wheatley

34.

I carried water to soldiers during battle and when my husband was wounded I took over his role loading the cannons.

a)

George Washington

b)

Mary Ludwig Hays "Molly Pitcher"

c)

Phillis Wheatley

d)

Betsy Ross

35.

I was asked to create a flag for America?

a)

Betsy Ross

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Mary Ludwig Hays "Molly Pitcher"

36.

Patrick Henry is famous for saying "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" which means:

a)

I live to die

b)

I want freedom from slavery

c)

I will die for my freedom

d)

death is the only freedom

37.
Who is known as the Father of the U.S. Navy?
a)
John Paul Jones
b)
James Armistead
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Thomas Jefferson
38.
Which pamphlet did Thomas Paine write to encourage the colonist to fight for independence from Britain?
a)
The Crisis
b)
Common Sense
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Unalienable Rights

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