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American Revolutionary War Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best describes minutemen?

a)

September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts

b)

self-reliance and freedom from outside control

c)

a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

d)

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

2.

Which best explains the Olive Branch Petition?

a)

a gradual reduction or weakening; a rubbing away

b)

An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll

c)

They organized the Continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence

d)

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

3.

Select the best description of attrition during the Revolutionary War?

a)

self-reliance and freedom from outside control

b)

a gradual reduction or weakening of an army; a rubbing away or defeat of soldiers

c)

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

d)

a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

4.

The written document sent as An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll is called....

a)

First Continental Congress

b)

Minutemen

c)

Olive Branch Petition

d)

Second Continental Congress

5.

Choose a synonym for importance.

a)

Minutemen

b)

Militia

c)

independence

d)

significance

6.

Choose the matching term:

self-reliance and freedom from outside control

a)

significance

b)

independence

c)

minutement

d)

militia

7.

Choose matching term:

Colonists during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds.

a)

mercernary

b)

independence

c)

minutement

d)

militia

8.

This refers to when the twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerables Acts.

a)

minutement

b)

Olive Branch Petition

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

Second Continental Congress

9.

The Second Continental Congress was forced to meet because of the following events

a)

The Intolerables

b)

Battles at Lexington and Concord

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

The Boston Tea Party

10.

England sent Hessian soldiers hired to help fight the American colonists. These soldiers are an example of ....

a)

attrition

b)

militia

c)

independence

d)

mercenaries

11.

True or false.

The First Continental Congress' main goal was to plan a war to win independence from England.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The Olive Branch Petition was written .....

a)

at the First Continental Congress

b)

after the Boston Massacre

c)

during the Second Continental Congress

d)

After the Battles of Lexington and Concord

13.

A volunteer army of everyday citizens is referred to as....

a)

mercernary

b)

militia

c)

attrition

d)

significance

14.

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds


is minutemen

a)

True

b)

False

15.

a professional soldier hired by a foreign army


is call attrition

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the statements below describe an accomplishment of The First Continental Congress?

a)

all colonies agreed to boycott British Goods

b)

established a continental army

c)

George Washington commander of army

d)

printed money

17.

Which of the statements below describe the accomplishment of The Second Continental Congress?

a)

Continental Army established

b)

Voted for a president

c)

boycott all British goods

d)

wrote the Articles of Confederation

18.

Why did the colonies set up the First Continental Congress?

a)

Met to discuss American's future under growing British aggression.

b)

The colonies needed to set up and train an army.

c)

The shooting of the colonists at the Boston Massacre required attention.

d)

George Washington decided to run for president.

19.

Which of the following documents did Thomas Paine write?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Common Sense Pamphlet

d)

Olive Branch Petition

20.

Which best explains the purpose of the pamphlet "Common Sense"?

a)

to convince the colonists to make peace with England

b)

to inspire Parliament to accept the Olive Branch Petition.

c)

to explain why the colonists should establish their own government.

d)

to explain the Intolerables Acts to the American Colonists.