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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
In the ________________, the French and the British fought over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
French and Indian War
Battle of Yorktown
The turning point in the American Revolution was the ____________, where the Americans used the woods and high bluffs to their advantage.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Gettysburg
____________ wrote the Declaration of Independence to respond to the tyranny of the King.
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
During the ____________, colonists threw stones and snowballs at British soldiers, and British soldiers fired into the crowd.
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Yorktown
Townshend Acts
During this historical event, the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
Boston Massacre
Battle of Saratoga
Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
The _______________ forced the colonists to pay for a stamp for almost every paper document they bought.
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
The _______________ was a secret group that formed to protest the Stamp Act and other unfair taxes.
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Proclamation of 1763
Boston Tea Party
____________ was the leader of England during the American Revolution.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
King George III
Benjamin Franklin
The ___________________ prevented the colonists from settling in the land west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
Tea Act
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Battle of Lexington
A ________________ is a person chosen or elected to express the thoughts and opinions of a bigger group.
Parliament
tax
representative
Sugar Act
After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the ___________________ to punish the Massachusetts colony.
Townshend Acts
Coercive Acts
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
The ____________ were a group of women who boycotted British good and helped the Revolutionary cause.
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
French
Merchants
The Declaration lists _________________ that all people are born with - the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
rules
boycotts
natural rights
tyranny
During these battles, the British were looking for weapons that the colonists had gathered. This was the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
Paul Revere's Ride
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battles of Lexington and Concord
A ____________ is when people stop buying a good or service as a form of protest.
proclamation
boycott
revolution
representative
_______________ was an engraver and member of the Sons of Liberty who is known for his famous ride to warn the colonists.
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
George Washignton
Samuel Adams
_______________ was the leader of the Continental Army and the 1st president of the Untied States.
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
This patriot was known for his famous quote - "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
The _____________ were patriots who said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Colonists
Loyalists
Soldiers
Minutemen
The ______________ were units of African American soldiers who risked their lives for independence.
Revolutionary War
Patriots
Black Regiments
British Minutemen
This man was a general in the Continental Army who was actually a British spy. He was considered a traitor.
John Adams
Benedict Arnold
General Cornwallis
Thomas Paine
The __________ ultimately helped the Patriots win the Revolutionary War.
British
Germans
Spanish
French
How did the colonists use geography to their advantage at the Battle of Yorktown?
They hid behind bridges and rocks.
The hid in woods and on high bluffs/hills.
They surrounded the British on land, and the French attacked by water.
They used timining to take the British by surprise.
