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American Revolution Important People and Dates

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the British government?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Government

2.

What was the protest in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor called?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Celebration

d)

Boston Fiesta

3.

What are taxes?

a)

money paid to the colonists

b)

money paid to the government

c)

money paid to the Sons of Liberty

d)

money paid to another country

4.

What does representation mean?

a)

a person or group acting on behalf of themselves

b)

a person or group acting on behalf of King George

c)

a person or group acting on behalf of Patrick Henry

d)

a person or group acting on behalf of another person or group

5.

What is another word for liberty?

a)

parliament

b)

taxes

c)

peace

d)

freedom

6.

Who was the ruler of England during the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

King George III

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Benjamin Franklin

7.

Who was an American intellectual, inventor, and politician who helped negotiate French support for the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

King George III

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Benjamin Franklin

8.

Who is famous for saying, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

9.

Who was a patriot who helped warn colonists that the British were coming?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

10.

Who agreed to serve on the defense for the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

11.

What was the name of the army that George Washington commanded during the American Revolution?

a)

Military Army

b)

Redcoats Army

c)

Continental Army

d)

British Army

12.

Name one of the five colonists killed at the Boston massacre.

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Adams

d)

Samuel Adams

13.

Who made the angry speech against the Stamp Act?

a)

Nathan Hale

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Patrick Henry

14.

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

John Hancock

d)

George Washington

15.

George Washington was the __________ President of the United States of America.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

16.

Who was a printer, writer, publisher, scientist, and inventor?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

George Washington

17.

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of Boston Harbor and the removal of the legislature.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Act

18.

To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the harbor.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Act

19.

Violent protest involving name calling

and snowballs and the death of five colonists.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Intolerable Acts

20.

Prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Intolerable Acts

21.

Tax placed on glass, lead, tea, and paint. “No taxation without representation” became the theme of colonial protests.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Stamp Act

22.

Tax enforced following the French and Indian War. Tax on paper products.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Boston Tea Party

23.

This was the only tax not repealed from the Townshend Acts.

a)

Tea

b)

Glass

c)

Paper

d)

Lead

24.

This image depicts which event?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Intolerable Acts

25.

Colonists were forced to house British soldiers through this act.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Intolerable Acts