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WorksheetsUnit 4 Test, Lessons 16-19
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who gave the speech that ended, "Give me liberty or give me death?"
George Washington
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Patrick Henry
The outcome of the Battle of Bunker Hill was a costly victory for
The French
The Colonies
The British
The Indians
The second Continental Congress appointed ___ as Commander of the Continental Army.
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
Who wrote "Common Sense?"
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
The main author of the Declaration of Independence was
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
John Hancock
King George III
The grievances (complaints) stated in the Declaration of Independence were directed against
the royal governors in the colonies
Parliament
the rich merchants in Britain
King George III
The colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in the year
1789
1775
1776
1783
On Christmas night in 1776, Washington led his troops to a surprise victory at
Trenton
Princton
Yorktown
Hoboken
The turning point of the war was the Battle of
New York City
Valley Forge
Saratoga
Trenton
The Battle of King's Mountain was the turning point of the war in the
North
South
East
West
What British general surrended his army to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, basically ending the war?
Cornwallis
Arnold
Jefferson
Cromwell
The American Revolution was a civil war in that it divided
the north and the south
the republicans and the democrats
communities and families
French and British
Britian's failure to handle their relationship with the colonies led to
the Boston Massacre
Canada joining the colonies in their fight
Britian's defeat by the colonies
Indian attacks against the British
America's victory in the Revolutionary War
encouraged settlement of the West
stopped settlement of the West
gave control of the Mississippi River to the British
None of these are correct
As a result of the war
the French wanted payment for helping
the Native Americans gave up their lands
the American economy suffered
the colonies elected a king
Many state constitutions that were written in the 1780s provided
the right to vote for every person
a bill of rights
universal health care
a law that all children must attend school
What economic opportunity did America offer that Britain didn't?
land ownership and building wealth
the right to join labor unions
the right to invest in the stock market
health care
The first governing document of the United States was
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Proclamation of 1763
The Articles of Confederation
Daniel Boone
was royal governor of Kentucky
led settlers through the Cumberland Gap
led soldiers at the Battle of King's Mountain
was a myth
A major issue that delayed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all of the states was
what to call the chief executive
how to handle western lands
whether or not to admit New York
trade with Great Britain
