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American Revolution

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the ________________, the French and the British fought over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Civil War

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Battle of Yorktown

2.

The turning point in the American Revolution was the ____________, where the Americans used the woods and high bluffs to their advantage.

a)

Battles of Lexington and Concord

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

3.

____________ wrote the Declaration of Independence to respond to the tyranny of the King.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

4.

During the ____________, colonists threw stones and snowballs at British soldiers, and British soldiers fired into the crowd.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Townshend Acts

5.

During this historical event, the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Declaration of Independence

6.

The _______________ forced the colonists to pay for a stamp for almost every paper document they bought.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Stamp Act

7.

The _______________ was a secret group that formed to protest the Stamp Act and other unfair taxes.

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Boston Tea Party

8.

____________ was the leader of England during the American Revolution.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

King George III

d)

Benjamin Franklin

9.

The ___________________ prevented the colonists from settling in the land west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Battle of Lexington

10.

A ________________ is a person chosen or elected to express the thoughts and opinions of a bigger group.

a)

Parliament

b)

tax

c)

representative

d)

Sugar Act

11.

After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the ___________________ to punish the Massachusetts colony.

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Coercive Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Sugar Act

12.

The ____________ were a group of women who boycotted British good and helped the Revolutionary cause.

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

French

d)

Merchants

13.

The Declaration lists _________________ that all people are born with - the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

a)

rules

b)

boycotts

c)

natural rights

d)

tyranny

14.

During these battles, the British were looking for weapons that the colonists had gathered. This was the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

a)

Paul Revere's Ride

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battles of Lexington and Concord

15.

A ____________ is when people stop buying a good or service as a form of protest.

a)

proclamation

b)

boycott

c)

revolution

d)

representative

16.

_______________ was an engraver and member of the Sons of Liberty who is known for his famous ride to warn the colonists.

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washignton

d)

Samuel Adams

17.

_______________ was the leader of the Continental Army and the 1st president of the Untied States.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Benedict Arnold

18.

This patriot was known for his famous quote - "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

George Washington

19.

The _____________ were patriots who said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.

a)

Colonists

b)

Loyalists

c)

Soldiers

d)

Minutemen

20.

The ______________ were units of African American soldiers who risked their lives for independence.

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

Patriots

c)

Black Regiments

d)

British Minutemen

21.

This man was a general in the Continental Army who was actually a British spy. He was considered a traitor.

a)

John Adams

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

General Cornwallis

d)

Thomas Paine

22.

The __________ ultimately helped the Patriots win the Revolutionary War.

a)

British

b)

Germans

c)

Spanish

d)

French

23.

How did the colonists use geography to their advantage at the Battle of Yorktown?

a)

They hid behind bridges and rocks.

b)

The hid in woods and on high bluffs/hills.

c)

They surrounded the British on land, and the French attacked by water.

d)

They used timining to take the British by surprise.