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Ch.3.1 American Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What led to the 1st Continental Congress meeting?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Closing of the port of Boston

c)

The Boston Massacre

2.

What did the 2nd Continental Congress decide in 1775?

a)

They decided to meet again at a 3rd Continental Congress

b)

To make a constitution

c)

To make George Washington the general of the Continental Army

d)

To write King George a letter of peace

3.

He made the midnight ride to warn rebel colonial militia that the British were coming.

a)

John Paul Jones

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Paul Revere

4.

What were the first battles of the American Revolution>?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Battle of New York

c)

Battle of Bunker Hill

d)

Battle of Boston

5.

What was a rebel colonist soldier who fought for freedom called?

a)

Patriot

b)

Redcoat

c)

Traitor

d)

Loyalist

6.

What was a British soldier called?

a)

Redcoat

b)

Patriot

c)

Invader

7.

What was the first major battle of the American Revolution that proved the colonists could take on the British?

a)

Lexington

b)

Concord

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Boston

8.

At Bunker Hill the outnumbered colonists low on gunpowder were ordered not to shoot "until you see the whites of their _____".

a)

Faces

b)

Eyes

c)

Uniforms

d)

Trousers

9.

George Washington led troops the day after Christmas in a surprise attack against Hessians in the patriots first major win. What battle was this?

a)

Battle of New York

b)

Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Battle of Trenton

d)

Battle of Britain

10.

He was a patriot leader in the South who was called the Swamp Fox because the British could not catch him.

a)

Francis Scott Key

b)

Francis Drake

c)

Francis Marion

11.

The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 and passed on July 4. Who wrote it?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

12.

What did the Declaration of Independence announce?

a)

Peace with Britain

b)

Unity with Britain

c)

A formal breakup with Britain

d)

Civil War