WorksheetsSS Weekly Week 8 American Revolution Part 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What strategy did the British use to try to defeat the American forces in 1777?
a)
Divide the Southern colonies to cut off supplies
b)
Divide the New England colonies to cut off supplies
c)
Divide the Middle colonies to cut off supplies
d)
leave the 13 colonies to cut off supplies
2.
2. Which British general took command of Fort Ticonderoga in July 1777?
a)
Howe
b)
Gage
c)
Cornwallis
d)
Burgoyne
3.
3. After the British captured Philadelphia, where did the Continental Congress move to to escape?
a)
New York, New York
b)
Boston, Massachusetts
c)
York, Pennsylvania
d)
Trenton, New Jersey
4.
4. Which battle was considered the turning point of the war?
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Battle of Saratoga
c)
Battle of Trenton
d)
Battle of Brandywine Creek
5.
5. Who led the Patriot forces at the Battle of Saratoga?
a)
Burgoyne and Howe
b)
Washington and Arnold
c)
Arnold and Gates
d)
Gates and Burgoyne
6.
6. What was the major result of the Battle of Saratoga?
a)
France and other countries decided to fight against Britain
b)
France and other countries decided to only send supplies
c)
The British won the war and other countries got mad
d)
The colonists and the British signed a peace treaty with France and the Netherlands
7.
7. How many delegates created the Articles of Confederation?
a)
12
b)
13
c)
14
d)
20
8.
8. When did the Continental Congress approve the Articles of Confederation?
a)
1775
b)
1776
c)
1781
d)
1778
9.
9. Congress could not ______________ according to the Articles of Confederation.
a)
declare war
b)
grant free speech
c)
protect religion
d)
collect taxes
10.
10. In what winter did George Washington and his men camp at Valley Forge?
a)
1776-1777
b)
1775-1776
c)
1777-1779
d)
1777-1778
11.
11. Almost 2000 soldiers died from ____________________ at Valley Forge.
a)
disease, fighting, starvation
b)
typhoid, influenza, smallpox
c)
attacks, frostbite, starvation
d)
typhoid, starvation, fighting
12.
12. Who helped train Washington's men at Valley Forge and turned the American army around
a)
Ben Franklin and Marquis de Lafayette
b)
Baron von Stuben and Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Baron von Stuben and Samuel Adams
d)
Marquis de Lafayette and John Adams
13.
13. In 1778, fighting in the New England colonies ended in a __________________.
a)
seige
b)
victory
c)
stalemate
d)
treaty
14.
14. In December of 1778, the British captured _____________ which was an important port city located on the Atlantic Coast.
a)
Charleston, South Carolina
b)
Savannah, Georgia
c)
Jamestown, Virginia
d)
St Augustine, Florida
15.
15. In 1780, the British defeated the colonists at the __________________.
a)
Battle of Camden
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battle of Yorktown
16.
16. Who commanded the colonial forces in the Southern Colonies?
a)
George Washington
b)
Nathaniel Greene
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
Horatio Gates
17.
17. Patriot forces defeated a Loyalist army at __________ in October 1780.
a)
Kings Mountain
b)
Saratoga
c)
Princeton
d)
Boston
18.
18. The British defeated the colonists at ______________ in March 1781.
a)
Guilford Courthouse
b)
Kings Mountain
c)
Yorktown
d)
Savannah
19.
19. How many troops did Cornwallis lead into Virginia?
a)
4500
b)
5500
c)
7000
d)
8500
20.
20. What treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Ghent
d)
Treaty of Yorktown
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