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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution Important People and Dates
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the name of the British government?
Parliament
Congress
Supreme Court
Government
What was the protest in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor called?
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Boston Celebration
Boston Fiesta
What are taxes?
money paid to the colonists
money paid to the government
money paid to the Sons of Liberty
money paid to another country
What does representation mean?
a person or group acting on behalf of themselves
a person or group acting on behalf of King George
a person or group acting on behalf of Patrick Henry
a person or group acting on behalf of another person or group
What is another word for liberty?
parliament
taxes
peace
freedom
Who was the ruler of England during the American Revolution?
George Washington
King George III
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Who was an American intellectual, inventor, and politician who helped negotiate French support for the American Revolution?
George Washington
King George III
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
Who is famous for saying, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Who was a patriot who helped warn colonists that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
John Adams
George Washington
Who agreed to serve on the defense for the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
John Adams
George Washington
What was the name of the army that George Washington commanded during the American Revolution?
Military Army
Redcoats Army
Continental Army
British Army
Name one of the five colonists killed at the Boston massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Christopher Columbus
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Who made the angry speech against the Stamp Act?
Nathan Hale
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
John Adams
John Hancock
George Washington
George Washington was the __________ President of the United States of America.
first
second
third
fourth
Who was a printer, writer, publisher, scientist, and inventor?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
George Washington
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of Boston Harbor and the removal of the legislature.
Proclamation of 1763
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the harbor.
Boston Massacre
Townshend Act
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Act
Violent protest involving name calling
and snowballs and the death of five colonists.
Proclamation of 1763
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
Prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Townshend Acts
French and Indian War
Intolerable Acts
Tax placed on glass, lead, tea, and paint. “No taxation without representation” became the theme of colonial protests.
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
Tax enforced following the French and Indian War. Tax on paper products.
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
This was the only tax not repealed from the Townshend Acts.
Tea
Glass
Paper
Lead
This image depicts which event?
Boston Tea Party
Proclamation of 1763
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
Colonists were forced to house British soldiers through this act.
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
