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American Revolution

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What angered the colonists to the point where they wanted independence from Britain?
a)
taxes
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Declaration of Independence
2.
Who agreed to give the Americans their freedom after the victory at Yorktown?
a)
King George III
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
King Louis XVI
d)
Marquis de Lafayette 
3.
The profitability of cash-crop agriculture led to the development of what type of trade between European countries, the Colonies, and Africa? 
a)
circular trade
b)
Triangular Trade 
c)
square trade
d)
Colonial trade 
4.
What is the name of the acts that were passed after the Boston Tea Party? 
a)
Townshend Acts 
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
Stamp Act 
5.
Written in the summer of 1776 by a committee chosen by the Continental Congress and independence was officially declared after it was accepted. 
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Mayflower Compact 
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Constitution
6.
Who wrote a pamphlet during the Revolution that encouraged people to stay with the cause even when times were bad
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
Ben Franklin
d)
Mercy Otis Warren 
7.

What are the 3 unalienable rights?

a)

Protection of property, power and freedom

b)

life, liberty and power

c)

life, liberty and the protection of property

d)

freedom of religion, right to bare arms, protections of property

8.

Who wrote about the unalienable rights?

a)

John Locke

b)

Huge Jackman

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Andrew Jackson

9.

What did Thomas Jefferson write?

a)

The Magna Carta

b)

The Mayflower Compact

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

10.

Who is a French aristocrat who was leading role in the American Revolution?

a)

Marquis de Julien

b)

Louis Pierre Ancillon de la Sablonniere

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Claudius Amyand

11.

The Declaration of Independence has 27 grievances against King George III. What is a grievance?

a)

reasons for the "break-up" (a complaint)

b)

a last ditch effort to get back together (last chance)

c)

reasons why the colonies like King George (a positive review)

d)

peace treaty between US and England

12.

Mercantilism allows trade between

a)

all free countries

b)

only countries who sign agreement

c)

only between a Mother Country and a colony

d)

colonies to other colonies

13.
What was this poster's meaning?
a)
The Colonies needed to be united
b)
Serpents can grow back together
c)
Colonies need to be independent
d)
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
14.
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country through the: 
a)
Treaty of Paris 1763
b)
Declaration of Independence 1776
c)
Treaty of Paris 1783
d)
Articles of Confederation
15.

The Treaty of Paris (1783) is significant because

a)

it stops fighting with France

b)

it stops fighting with Native Americans in Massachusetts

c)

it stops fighting with Canada

d)

it allows westward expansion

16.

Why was the American victory at Saratoga a turning point of the war?

a)

King George III agreed to give the Americans their independence after the battle at

Saratoga.

b)

General Howe met with General Washington after the battle at Saratoga.

c)

The French announced their support for the Americans after the battle at Saratoga.

d)

The Americans convinced the British forces to give up after the battle at Saratoga.