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WorksheetsRoad to Revolution Test Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence?
Loyalists
Pacifists
Patriots
Neutralists
What document allowed a British customs officer to search a colonist's house without a reason?
A Warrant
The Constitution
The English Bill of Rights
Writs of Assistance
"The shot heard 'round the world" refers to the actions of the minutemen in what battle?
Battle of Breed's Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Saratoga
This event happened on March 5, 1770 resulting in the death of five colonists.
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
The act that proposed an import tax on items like glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea, but repealed all internal taxes
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Intolerable Act
Townshend Acts
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the
Atlantic Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Which colonists did not consider unfair taxes a good reason for America becoming independent?
Loyalists
Patriots
Separatists
Neutralists
What act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies?
Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre killings as what?
Propaganda
A Call to War
A Reason to Trust the British
A reason to tax the British
The African American man who was killed in the Boston Massacre
William Dawes
Paul Revere
Crispus Attucks
Sally Hemmings
Who commanded the Continental Army
John Adams
John Hancock
John Jay
George Washington
The man who signed his name first (biggest) on the Declaration of Independence was?
Patrick Henry
John Jay
John Adams
John Hancock
The event where Bostonians dressed as Mohawks and threw 342 cases of tea into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Boston Strikes
Boston Tea Massacre
To remove or reverse a law or act is called?
repeal
cancel
change
revert
The introduction to the Declaration of Independence is called?
Preamble
Declaration
Body
Conclusion
When the colonists refused to buy British goods...
Navigation Acts
Boycotts
Repeal
Stubbornness
A group of militia men who claimed to be ready to fight at a minute's notice
Minutemen
Quick Men
Militia Men
Minute Maid Men
Colonel Prescott's quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" refers to what famous American Revolutionary battle?
Saratoga
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Yorktown
Which factors made it difficult for the Continental army to recruit and keep soldiers? Select all that supply.
Low Pay
Harsh Conditions
High Casualty Rate
Good promotion rate
How was the battle of Trenton important for the Continental Army?
It hurt morale and caused a drop in recruiting
It boosted spirits and helped recruit more soliders
It ended any hope of making Canada part of of the United States
It persuaded France to start supplying the United States
Why did France and Spain decide to help the United States?
They hoped to win back land in North America lost to Great Britain previously
The victory at Saratoga showed them that the United States could defeat Great Britain
The United States borrowed large sums of money and promised to pay them back after the war was won
They wanted to establish new colonies in North America and build strong relations with the United States
During the winter of 1777-1778, General Washington and the Continental army camped at _______and experienced harsh weather and a lack of supplies.
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Breed's Hill
Lexington and Concord
The most important naval hero in the Continental navy was ______, who captured British supply ships and the British warship Serapis.
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Paul Jones
Ethan Allen
What was the importance of the Battle of Yorktown?
The British army under General Clinton captured the port city and took thousands of Patriots prisoner.
The Continental army under General Gates attacked a stronger British army and suffered teh highest casualty rate of the war.
The Continental army under General Greene secured North and South Carolina by defeating Loyalist militia forces.
The British army under General Cornwallis surrendered to a combined American and French army in the last major battle of the war
Which of the following were parts of the Treaty of Paris of 1783? Select all that apply
Spain returned Florida to Great Britain
The borders of the United States were established
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country
Native Americans living in the United States were moved onto reservations
(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?
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Which of the following points were made in the Declaration of Independence? Select all that apply.
King George III passed unfair laws.
Enslaved people have the right to be free
King George III broke the social contract with his American subjects
All people have unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important?
It hurt the alliance of the British with various Native American tribes
It convinced France and Spain to join the war and supply the Americans
It helped bring Canada into the war on the side of the Americans
It prevented the British from controlling Georgia and the Carolinas
