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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
1) Which two countries fought in the French and Indian war?
A. Canada and U.S.
B. France and Great Britain
C. Native Americans and France
D. Spanish and France
2) Who won the French and Indian war?
A. France
B. Canada
C. United States
D. Great Britain
3) Why did the British government create the Stamp Act?
A. to make colonists buy more stamps
B. to protect the colonist from French taxes
C. to make colonists help pay off Britain’s war debts
D. the King needed more money for his military
4) Why did the Sons of Liberty and others feel that the British taxes were unfair?
A. they had their own bills to pay from fighting
B. they had no say in how to raise money to pay Britain’s debts
C. they wanted more taxes
D. they didn’t know what a tax was
5) What was the event that occurred in March 1770 in Boston where British soldiers fired on angry protesters and 5 colonists were killed?
A. Boston Tea Party
B. Boston Massacre
C. Boston Market
D. American Revolution
6) The protest led by the Sons of Liberty when they dressed as Native Americans, boarded ships in Boston harbor, and threw 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor was called the….
A. Boston Tea Party
B. Boston Massacre
C. Tea Time
D. Liberty movement
7) What was the Quartering Act?
A. colonists were forced to have British soldier live with them and provide them food and supplies
B. colonists had to pay a quarter for every book they bought
C. a tax on quarters
D. British soldiers had to live on ships
8) What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
A. to help pay for food in the colonies
B. to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
C. to show the colonists the King did not tolerate taxes
D. to bring more people to the colonies
9) In 1776, which document did the colonists write to tell England they wanted to be free from British rule?
A. The Committees of Correspondence
B. The Bill of Rights
C. The Declaration of Independence
D. The State test
10) What does boycott mean?
A. no boys allowed
B. to buy lots of goods
C. to pay back taxes
D. to refuse to buy goods
11) What is the name of someone who supports or defends his/her country?
A. rebel
B. ambassador
C. American
D. patriot
12) What was Paul Revere’s signal that the British were coming by boat?
A. two lanterns hung in the belfry
B. one lantern hung in the belfry
C. a song played from the church
D. a flashing light on the tree
13) What is the name of a person who chose to remain loyal to Great Britain?
A. British
B. loyalist
C. patriot
D. traitor
14) What battle began the American Revolution?
A. Battle of Yorktown
B. Battle of Lexington
C. Battle of Saratoga
D. Battle of Bunker Hill
15) Who wrote Common Sense which was a patriot’s pamphlet that helped convince colonists to fight for independence?
A. Thomas Paine
B. Samuel Adams
C. Paul Revere
D. Thomas Jefferson
16) Who was the man in charge of the Continental Army?
A. Patrick Henry
B. Thomas Paine
C. George Washington
D. Abraham Lincoln
17) Which victory helped convince the French that the Americans could win the war?
A. Battle of Lexington
B. Battle of Saratoga
C. Battle of Yorktown
D. Battle of Bunker Hill
18) Who wrote much of the Declaration of Independence and later became a U.S. president?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Thomas Paine
19) Which American victory ended the American Revolution?
A. Saratoga
B. Yorktown
C. Lexington
D. Breed’s Hill
20) What was the name of the peace treaty signed in September of 1783 that ended the war?
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Treaty of the Revolution
C. Treaty of Yorktown
D. Peace Treaty
To enlist means to volunteer for military service.
True
False
Repeal means to write a law.
True
False
A grievance is when you are happy with how you are treated.
True
False
A rebel is a person who fights a government.
True
False
If something is intolerable, it is too painful or hard to accept.
True
False
