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Module 4: The American Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the major objection the colonists made against the British Taxes?

a)

That the taxes made it difficult due to the inflation rate at that time.

b)

They should not be taxed for a war they helped win.

c)

Only the Middle Colonies should be taxed.

d)

They were being taxed without representation in British Parliament.

2.

Sam Adams formed the Sons of Liberty in opposition to which act?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act.

c)

Intolerable Acts.

d)

Tea Act

3.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Hancock

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

4.

Which of the following points were made in the Declaration of Independence? Choose Three Correct Answers.

a)

King George III Passed Unfair Laws.

b)

Enslaved People have the right to be free.

c)

King George III broke the social contract with his American subjects.

d)

King George III passed laws persecuting women unfairly.

e)

All people have unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

5.

Who was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental army?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

William Dawes

d)

George Washington

6.

Choose the two words that will fill the blank correctly.

In the first battles of the Revolutionary War, British soldiers were confronted by 70 minutemen at _____ before moving on to search for weapons at ____, where they encountered minutemen again.

a)

New York, Boston

b)

Lexington, Concord

c)

Concord, Fort Ticonderoga

d)

Bunker Hill, Dorchester Heights

7.

Why was the battle of Saratoga so important?

a)

It hurt the alliance of the British with various Native American tribes.

b)

It convinced France and Spain to join the war and support the Americans

c)

It helped bring Canada into the war on the side of the Americans

d)

It prevented the British from controlling Georgia and the Carolinas

8.

Who was a famous Patriot from Virginia that was an earlier supporter of American Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

James Madison

9.

What was Thomas Paine's major contribution to the American Revolutionary Cause?

a)

Was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

b)

Was a guerrilla commander in the southern U.S. forces.

c)

Was a general under Washington in the Continental Army.

d)

Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense advocating for Independence.

10.

All of these are American Victories EXCEPT which one?

a)

Quebec (Canada)

b)

Trenton

c)

Saratoga

d)

Vincennes

11.

Who was the southern U.S. guerilla commander?

a)

Daniel Morgan.

b)

Francis Marion.

c)

Nathanial Green.

d)

George Washington.

12.

Who was the French Commander with Washington at the Battle of Yorktown

a)

Comte de Rochambeau

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Admiral De Grasse

d)

Horatio Gates

13.

General who was in command of southern British forces, who also surrendered to Washington at Yorktown?

a)

Howe

b)

Cornwallis

c)

Clinton

d)

Burgoyne

14.

Who received Florida in a treaty following the American Revolution for their assistance in the U.S. gaining Independence?

a)

Holland

b)

France

c)

Mexico

d)

Spain

15.

All of these are a part of the Treaty of Paris EXCEPT which one?

a)

America would still pay taxes to Great Britain.

b)

Britain would recognize the United States as an Independent Country.

c)

The United States would now be able to settle in the land west of the Applachian Mountains.

d)

The borders of the United States were established.

16.

Father of the United States Navy and Commander of the ship Bonhomme Richard?

a)

George Rogers Clark.

b)

John Paul Jones.

c)

Thomas Jefferson.

d)

Horatio Gates.

17.

What was Baron Friedrich von Steuben's major contribution to the American Revolution?

a)

Built Fortifications for the United States at West Point New York.

b)

Father of the United States Navy.

c)

Winning the American victory at Saratoga.

d)

Trained Washington's Army at Valley Forge.

18.

Nobleman for Europe (France) who served during the entire war with the Continental Army?

a)

Admiral de Grasse

b)

Comte De Rochambeau

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Napoleon

19.

Put these events in order.

1. Boston Massacre

2. Intolerable Acts

3. Stamp Act

4. Boston Tea Party

5. Townshend Acts

(a)  

20.

Silversmith who rode though the countryside alerting the militia the British were coming on the night of April 18-19th, 1775?

a)

Daniel Morgan

b)

Sam Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Paul Revere

21.

Event in December of 1773 where American's dressed up as Native Americans and threw British Tea from ships into Boston Harbor?

a)

Boston Tea Party.

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Marathon

d)

Boston Garden

22.

What event is the Image depicting?

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Battle of Boston

d)

Boston Tea Party

23.

Why did the British put a tax on paper materials in the colonies? (The Stamp Act)

a)

The British did not like the colonists

b)

The British would use that money to buy weapons

c)

King George needed money to pay the soldiers

d)

The British were in debt because of the French/Indian war

24.

Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?

a)

King Edward VI

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

King Charles III

d)

King George III

25.

Native America's were no longer entitled to the lands they had always occupied under which policy from Spain?

a)

Papal Decree

b)

Doctrine of Discovery

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Declaration of Independence