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Start of the Revolution

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are delegates?

a)

People who design a building.

b)

People who go to war.

c)

People who supported the King.

d)

People sent with power to represent others.

2.

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

a)

To remove the King from power

b)

Figure out what to do about the British

c)

Provide more funding for the schools

3.

A patriot is...

a)

Someone who fights for no reason at all

b)

Someone who loves his or her country

c)

Someone who hates his or her country

4.

What action did the Continental Congress take?

a)

They sent a letter to the King and agreed to meet in a year.

b)

They didn't do anything

c)

They agreed to push American Indians further to the West

5.

The Delegates encouraged colonists to continue ______________British Goods.

a)

robbing

b)

stealing

c)

boycott

d)

buying

e)

purchasing

6.
What is a minuteman?
a)
A british soldier 
b)
A colonial soldiers who could be ready in an hour
c)
A colonial soldier who could be ready in a minute
d)
A horse
7.
Who ruled the colonies?
a)
King George
b)
King John
c)
The president
d)
The Queen
8.
What did one lantern hang on the Old North Church mean to the colonists?
a)
British were coming by car
b)
British were coming by land
c)
British were coming by sea
d)
British went home
9.
What did two lanterns hang on the Old North Church mean to the colonists?
a)
British were coming by land
b)
British were coming by car
c)
British were coming by sea
d)
British were going home
10.
What was another name for the colonial soldiers?
a)
Army
b)
Navy
c)
Minutemen
d)
Marines
11.
Who jumped on the horse to warn the colonist that the British were coming?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
King George III
c)
John Adams
12.
What are militia?
a)
People who are ready to fight in minutes
b)
Everyday people training for battle
c)
Soldiers coming from England
13.
The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
c)
Battle of Trenton
14.

At the battle of Lexington, who shot first?

a)

A British Soldier

b)

A Patriot

c)

No one know who shot first.

d)

Samuel Adams

15.

Who said "...give me liberty or give me death!"?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

16.
A ________________was a colonist who wanted freedom from the British.
a)
colonist
b)
militia
c)
Patriot
d)
son
17.
What was the most famous protest of the Sons of Liberty?
a)
the Stamp Act
b)
the Unruly Act
c)
the Battle of Lexington
d)
The Boston Tea Party
18.
What was the first Battle of the American Revolution?
a)
battle at Lexington
b)
battle at Concord
c)
Civil War
d)
battle at Plymouth
19.
Paul Revere belonged to a group called ___________.
a)
The Bears
b)
Daughters of the American Revolution
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
The Cubs
20.

Why did Americans retreat from Breeds and Bunker Hill?

a)

They were cowards.

b)

They ran out of gunpowder and ammo

c)

They lost all of their officers.

d)

British warships bombarded the hills and pushed them off.

21.

Who were Loyalists?

a)

People still loyal to America.

b)

People still loyal to the colonies.

c)

People still loyal to the King.

d)

People who no longer support the King.

22.

During this battle, the Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the British regular army.

a)

Bunker (Breed’s) Hill

b)

Charleston

c)

Saratoga

d)

Lexington and Concord