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Revolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Thomas Paine wrote ___, a pamphlet that inspired Americans to break away from the British.

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Constitution

c)

The Mayflower

d)

Common Sense

2.

The Puritans came to America to ___.

a)

escape religious persecution

b)

to make their fortune

c)

to find gold

d)

to make Indians into slaves

3.

___ was the first important English settlement in America.

a)

Boston

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown

d)

New Amsterdam

4.

At the Boston Tea Party, colonists dumped tea in Boston Harbor dressed as ___.

a)

Englishmen

b)

Indians

c)

Slaves

d)

Horses

5.

___ was a Frenchman who wanted to join the continental army and fight the British.

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

George Washington

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Hessian

6.

___ was not one of the original 13 colonies.

a)

Florida

b)

Georgia

c)

Rhode Island

d)

New Jersey

7.

The American flag has ___ stripes.

a)

50

b)

13

c)

12

d)

25

8.

The most important achievement of the Second Continental Congress was ___.

a)

winning the war

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

protesting British taxes

d)

Common Sense

9.

___ was the lawyer who defended the soldiers who killed five colonists in The Boston Massacre.

a)

Sam Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

John Adams

10.

___farmers paid rent to landowners so they could farm.

a)

Tenant

b)

Colonial

c)

British

d)

Servant

11.

___ went to France, looking for help for the Americans to fight against the British.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Sam Adams

12.

Blacks seeking freedom from slavery mostly fought for the ___.

a)

Americans

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Indians

13.

Daniel Shays organized a rebellion of ___ against the Massachusetts government.

a)

slaves

b)

Indians

c)

farmers

d)

southerners

14.

The American Revolution ended at ___, where the British surrendered to the Americans.

a)

Boston

b)

New York

c)

Jamestown

d)

Yorktown

15.

___ , on his horse, warned the colonists that the British soldiers were coming to Concord.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Ben Franklin