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Module 2: American Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who Fought During the French and Indian War?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

Spain

2.

What was the reason for the French and Indian War?

a)

To gain more money to fight the British for Independence

b)

To gain resources for the military

c)

To expand in order to make the British a bigger powerhouse and have more power

d)

To help France move the Natives to Canada

3.

What land was it fought over?

a)

Ohio River Valley

b)

Cumberland Gap

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Great Plains

4.

What was the massacre of Fort Loudon?

a)

A Powhatan Tribe attacked the British Fort (Retaliating for capturing Powhatan leaders)

b)

A Cherokee Tribe attacked the British Fort (Retaliating for capturing Cherokee leaders)

c)

A Cherokee Tribe attacked the French Fort (Retaliating for capturing Cherokee leaders)

d)

The French attacked the British Fort which led to the start of the French and Indian War

5.

What is the difference between the Treaty of Paris 1763 and 1783?

a)

'63 Told Spain to leave America/ '83 recognized Great Britian having total control of New America

b)

Both of them were Peace acts between France and Britain

c)

'63 Told France they can only be in Florida/ '83 Ended the French and Indian War

d)

'63 made the French leave America/ '83 recognized America as an independent nation with new boundaries

6.

What is mercantilism?

a)

Imports were greater than Exports

b)

Exports were greater than imports

c)

A law passed by the British government that taxed all exports by the colonies.

d)

The trading of slaves to the New World

7.

What was the Albany Plan's main idea?

a)

The first plan of unification of the colonies

b)

To come together in order to help gain Independence from Britain

c)

To punish New York for falling asleep during videos

d)

To encourage the French to come to join the fight after Saratoga

8.

What was the Quartering Act?

a)

The act where all British money is accepted in the colonies

b)

The act where you had to pay a quarter for each British good as tax

c)

The act where colonists had to house and feed British soldiers

d)

The act where if you put a quarter or any value of money in a drink and the individual drinks it, they have to join the army

9.

What was the stamp act?

a)

A tax where stamps from other countries aren't allowed in the colonies

b)

A tax where it taxed British goods

c)

A tax where stamps to mail letters cost more money

d)

The first tax on paper documents such as agreements, degrees, and certificates

10.

What was the Declaratory act?

a)

Took away townshend act but united the British government and parliament with American society

b)

Took away stamp act but united the British government and parliament with American society

c)

Took away quartering act but united the British government and parliament with American society

d)

Took away intolerable act but united the British government and parliament with American society

11.

What was the Intolerable Act?

a)

An act passed to punish French for the Boston Massacre

b)

An act passed to punish colonists for the Boston Massacre

c)

An act passed to punish French for the Boston Tea Party

d)

An act passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

12.

What was significant about Town meetings?

a)

Purest form of democracy

b)

Thomas Jefferson led all the town Hall meetings

c)

Purest form of theocracy

d)

Got taken away after the intolerable act was passed

13.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Samuel Adames

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Hancock

14.

What was Common Sense?

a)

An article or page that encouraged colonists to join the militia in order to fight for their freedom

b)

An article or page that encouraged colonists to be real not fake during Valley Forge

c)

An article or page that encouraged the king to give the colonists independence

d)

An article or page that encouraged colonists to seek independence

15.

List the cronical order of events:

a)

Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton and Princeton, Saratoga, Kings Mountain, Yorktown

b)

Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton and Princeton, Kings Mountain, Saratoga, Yorktown

c)

Lexington and Concord, Yorktown, Trenton and Princeton, Kings Mountain, Saratoga

d)

Yorktown, Kings Mountain, Saratoga, Trenton and Princeton, Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord

16.

What war was a moral victory for the Patriots?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton and Princeton

c)

Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)

d)

Yorktown

17.

What general surrendered in Yorktown

a)

General Burgoyne

b)

General Cornwallis

c)

General Clinton

d)

General Howe

18.

Which battle led to France joining the American revolution?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Trenton and Princeton

d)

Saratoga

19.

What was valley Forge used for?

a)

A camp where Washington's troops were housed during the winter.

b)

A camp where Washington's troops were housed during the spring.

c)

A fort that would sound bells if the British were coming

d)

A prison for colonists that had deathly conditions

20.

Who was the "Swamp Fox"?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

Francis Marion

d)

Charles Cornwallis