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Revolutionary War

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

People who fought for independence

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Tories

d)

French

2.

People who wanted to remain loyal to King George III

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

French

d)

Literally no one

3.

Punishment from the British for the colonists because of the Boston Tea Party

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts/Coercion Acts

d)

Tea Act

4.

Commander of the Continental Army

a)

George Washington

b)

Nathanael Greene

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Francis Marion

5.

This battle is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War because the French allied with America

a)

Kings Mountain

b)

Camden

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

6.

Turning point in SC because the British began retreating from the Backcountry

a)

Saratoga

b)

Camden

c)

Eutaw Springs

d)

Kings Mountain

7.

Most of SC's Loyalists lived in the...

a)

Lowcountry

b)

Backcountry

c)

North

d)

Charleston Harbor

8.

Were offered freedom if they fought for the Loyalists

a)

Women

b)

Native Americans

c)

African Americans

d)

Patriots

9.

Acted as scouts for the Loyalists if they chose to fight for them

a)

Patriots

b)

Native Americans

c)

Women

d)

African Americans

10.

If the British had won at this battle, they would have had control of the Charleston Harbor

a)

Fort Sullivan

b)

Camden

c)

Kings Mountain

d)

Charleston Harbor

11.

Commander of the Southern part of the Continental Army; "fighting Quaker"

a)

Nathanael Greene

b)

Thomas Sumter

c)

George Washington

d)

William Moultrie

12.

Met to decide what to do about the Intolerable Acts in Boston

a)

SC Provincial Congress

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Patriots

d)

First Continental Congress

13.

People who were trained to fight but didn't belong to a regular military; many Patriots became these after being captured by Loyalists

a)

Loyalists

b)

Partisans

c)

Navy seals

d)

Soldiers

14.

Conflict that caused Great Britain to tax the colonists to pay off debt

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Cherokee War

c)

Siege of Charleston

d)

Battle at Fort Knox

15.

Winners of the French and Indian War

a)

Indians/Native Americans

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

Philadelphia Eagles #GoBirds

16.

Why did the French and Indian War occur?

a)

France and GB both claimed land in Florida

b)

France and GB both claimed land in the Ohio River Valley

c)

France refused to trade with the Natives

d)

France and GB just really didn't like each other

17.

What did the Treaty of Paris state?

a)

France had to give up territory in Spain

b)

France had to give up all territory in North America

c)

Great Britain had to give up all territory in North America

d)

France had to ally with the colonists

18.

Tax on luxury goods and sugar

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Duties

d)

Tea Act

19.

Colonists did not like the Tea Act because it...

a)

made the East India Company a monopoly (the only one who could sell tea)

b)

forced them to not be able to drink tea ever again

c)

was a direct tax where they could see exactly how much they were paying

d)

only taxed tea and not coffee

20.

Known for holding up the Liberty flag after it was shot down by the enemy in the Battle of Ft. Sullivan

a)

Francis Marion

b)

Nathanael Greene

c)

Willilam Jasper

d)

Thomas Sumter

21.

Formed after the Stamp Act and protested the taxes

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

Second Continental Congress

22.

After the Tea Act colonists _____________ all of the tea and stopped purchasing it because they didn't want to pay the tax

a)

loved

b)

burned

c)

boycotted

d)

grew

23.

Conflict that was a result of the French and Indian War

a)

Civil War

b)

Cherokee War

c)

Battle of Camden

d)

Iroquois War

24.

Which did NOT meet to protest a tax/act imposed by British Parliament?

a)

First Continental Congress

b)

Second Continental Congress

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

House of Representatives

25.

Why did the SC Provincial Congress form?

a)

To be defiant against British authority

b)

To come up with a battle plan for the Battle of Camden

c)

To build a wall around the city of Charleston to keep the British soldiers out

d)

To write new laws without taxation

26.

Why was the Proclamation Line of 1763 established?

a)

To prevent trade between Natives and colonists

b)

To prevent Loyalists from moving westward

c)

To prevent conflict between colonists and Natives

d)

To put an end to the French and Indian War