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American Revolution Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To refuse to participate in or buy something until certain conditions are met.

a)

Boycott

b)

Minutemen

c)

Propaganda

d)

Loyalist

2.

A colonist who supported independence from England during the American Revolution period.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Minutemen

c)

Redcoat

d)

Patriot

3.

A colonist who sided with the British during the American Revolution period.

a)

Neutral

b)

Patriot

c)

Loyalist

d)

Minutemen

4.

Groups of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight in a minute’s notice.

a)

Minutemen

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Founding Fathers

d)

Patriots

5.

Misleading information that is used to promote or publicize a political cause or point of view

a)

Petition

b)

Propaganda

c)

Parliament

d)

Document

6.

Who is famous for saying "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Adams

d)

Paul Revere

7.

Who is credited with writing The Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Mr. Passio

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

8.

What is "Taxation"?

a)

Process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses

b)

Changing from one governmental structure to another

c)

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

d)

Refusal to buy something as a form of protest

9.

British Soldiers are called (a)  

10.

An act of Parliament in 1765 which levied a direct tax on almost all paper items in the colonies including legal documents, pamphlets and playing cards

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Stamp Act

11.

Of the diseases listed below, only 3 were contracted primarily during the American Revolution. Which disease was not as common?

a)

Yellow Fever

b)

Smallpox

c)

Lyme Disease

d)

Malaria

12.

An infantryman's gun containing a long barrel of which is fired from the shoulder is called a (a)  

13.

The Boston Tea Party was mainly a dispute over what?

a)

Paper goods

b)

Tea

c)

No Taxation without Representation

d)

Land

14.

The Boston Massacre was a devastating.........

a)

stand still in the revolutionary war

b)

accident where patriots turn on one another

c)

Street Fight that ended with Civilians being killed by British soldiers

d)

fight between the French and the Native Americans

15.

A government run by a ruler who took control by force and who has complete power over a country is called a....

a)

Legislature

b)

Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

16.

Soldiers who fought on horseback

a)

Allies

b)

Turncoats

c)

Cavalry

d)

Minutemen

17.

Sealing off a place to prevent goods/people from entering or leaving is referred to as a

a)

Institution

b)

Saber

c)

Union jack

d)

Blockade

18.

What year did the War of 1812 start?

a)

1812

b)

1813

c)

1814

d)

1815

19.

To officially/legally prohibit something

a)

Repeal

b)

Ban

c)

Sociial

d)

Revolt

20.

All of the following were important figures/groups during the American Revolution except for..........

a)

Mr. Knowles the snake man!

b)

Loyalists/British, Patriots/Colonists

c)

Founding Fathers

d)

Patrick Henry

e)

Native Americans