WorksheetsRevolution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Thomas Paine wrote ___, a pamphlet that inspired Americans to break away from the British.
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Mayflower
Common Sense
The Puritans came to America to ___.
escape religious persecution
to make their fortune
to find gold
to make Indians into slaves
___ was the first important English settlement in America.
Boston
Plymouth
Jamestown
New Amsterdam
At the Boston Tea Party, colonists dumped tea in Boston Harbor dressed as ___.
Englishmen
Indians
Slaves
Horses
___ was a Frenchman who wanted to join the continental army and fight the British.
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Hessian
___ was not one of the original 13 colonies.
Florida
Georgia
Rhode Island
New Jersey
The American flag has ___ stripes.
50
13
12
25
The most important achievement of the Second Continental Congress was ___.
winning the war
The Declaration of Independence
protesting British taxes
Common Sense
___ was the lawyer who defended the soldiers who killed five colonists in The Boston Massacre.
Sam Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
___farmers paid rent to landowners so they could farm.
Tenant
Colonial
British
Servant
___ went to France, looking for help for the Americans to fight against the British.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Sam Adams
Blacks seeking freedom from slavery mostly fought for the ___.
Americans
British
French
Indians
Daniel Shays organized a rebellion of ___ against the Massachusetts government.
slaves
Indians
farmers
southerners
The American Revolution ended at ___, where the British surrendered to the Americans.
Boston
New York
Jamestown
Yorktown
___ , on his horse, warned the colonists that the British soldiers were coming to Concord.
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Paul Revere
Ben Franklin
