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Road to Revolution Test Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Pacifists

c)

Patriots

d)

Neutralists

3.

What document allowed a British customs officer to search a colonist's house without a reason?

a)

A Warrant

b)

The Constitution

c)

The English Bill of Rights

d)

Writs of Assistance

4.

"The shot heard 'round the world" refers to the actions of the minutemen in what battle?

a)

Battle of Breed's Hill

b)

Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Battles of Lexington and Concord

d)

Battle of Saratoga

5.

This event happened on March 5, 1770 resulting in the death of five colonists.

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Battles of Lexington and Concord

d)

The Alien and Sedition Acts

6.

The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

7.

The act that proposed an import tax on items like glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea, but repealed all internal taxes

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Intolerable Act

d)

Townshend Acts

8.

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Pacific Ocean

9.

Which colonists did not consider unfair taxes a good reason for America becoming independent?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Separatists

d)

Neutralists

10.

What act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

11.

Colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre killings as what?

a)

Propaganda

b)

A Call to War

c)

A Reason to Trust the British

d)

A reason to tax the British

12.

The African American man who was killed in the Boston Massacre

a)

William Dawes

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Sally Hemmings

13.

Who commanded the Continental Army

a)

John Adams

b)

John Hancock

c)

John Jay

d)

George Washington

14.

The man who signed his name first (biggest) on the Declaration of Independence was?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

John Jay

c)

John Adams

d)

John Hancock

15.

The event where Bostonians dressed as Mohawks and threw 342 cases of tea into the Boston Harbor

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Strikes

d)

Boston Tea Massacre

16.

To remove or reverse a law or act is called?

a)

repeal

b)

cancel

c)

change

d)

revert

17.

The introduction to the Declaration of Independence is called?

a)

Preamble

b)

Declaration

c)

Body

d)

Conclusion

18.

When the colonists refused to buy British goods...

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Boycotts

c)

Repeal

d)

Stubbornness

19.

A group of militia men who claimed to be ready to fight at a minute's notice

a)

Minutemen

b)

Quick Men

c)

Militia Men

d)

Minute Maid Men

20.

Colonel Prescott's quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" refers to what famous American Revolutionary battle?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Trenton

d)

Yorktown

21.

Which factors made it difficult for the Continental army to recruit and keep soldiers? Select all that supply.

a)

Low Pay

b)

Harsh Conditions

c)

High Casualty Rate

d)

Good promotion rate

22.

How was the battle of Trenton important for the Continental Army?

a)

It hurt morale and caused a drop in recruiting

b)

It boosted spirits and helped recruit more soliders

c)

It ended any hope of making Canada part of of the United States

d)

It persuaded France to start supplying the United States

23.

Why did France and Spain decide to help the United States?

a)

They hoped to win back land in North America lost to Great Britain previously

b)

The victory at Saratoga showed them that the United States could defeat Great Britain

c)

The United States borrowed large sums of money and promised to pay them back after the war was won

d)

They wanted to establish new colonies in North America and build strong relations with the United States

24.

During the winter of 1777-1778, General Washington and the Continental army camped at _______and experienced harsh weather and a lack of supplies.

a)

Saratoga

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Breed's Hill

d)

Lexington and Concord

25.

The most important naval hero in the Continental navy was ______, who captured British supply ships and the British warship Serapis.

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Ethan Allen

26.

What was the importance of the Battle of Yorktown?

a)

The British army under General Clinton captured the port city and took thousands of Patriots prisoner.

b)

The Continental army under General Gates attacked a stronger British army and suffered teh highest casualty rate of the war.

c)

The Continental army under General Greene secured North and South Carolina by defeating Loyalist militia forces.

d)

The British army under General Cornwallis surrendered to a combined American and French army in the last major battle of the war

27.

Which of the following were parts of the Treaty of Paris of 1783? Select all that apply

a)

Spain returned Florida to Great Britain

b)

The borders of the United States were established

c)

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country

d)

Native Americans living in the United States were moved onto reservations

28.

(1) Native Americans were at first encouraged by both sides to remain neutral. (2) By the summer of 1776, however, both Patriots and the British were aggressively recruiting Indian fighters. (3) Many Native Americans sided with the British. (4) In northern New York, four of the six Iroquois nations fought for the British. Which sentence contains the main idea of the paragraph?

a)

Sentence 1

b)

Sentence 2

c)

Sentence 3

d)

Sentence 4

29.

Which of the following points were made in the Declaration of Independence? Select all that apply.

a)

King George III passed unfair laws.

b)

Enslaved people have the right to be free

c)

King George III broke the social contract with his American subjects

d)

All people have unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

30.

Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important?

a)

It hurt the alliance of the British with various Native American tribes

b)

It convinced France and Spain to join the war and supply the Americans

c)

It helped bring Canada into the war on the side of the Americans

d)

It prevented the British from controlling Georgia and the Carolinas