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WorksheetsRevolutionary War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the American victory in the Revolutionary War?
Superior military resources
Assistance from foreign allies
British underestimation of American resolve
Effective use of guerrilla warfare tactics
What became evident when the colonists and British troops clashed at Lexington and Concord?
The British soldiers were fearful of the colonial militia
The British troops were eager to start a war with the colonies
The colonial militia was no match for the well-trained British troops
The colonists were willing to fight for the right to govern themselves
Taxation without representation meant...
The colonists raised taxes in the colonies for the British Parliament.
The colonists were not able to be part of the British Parliament but still had to pay taxes.
Colonists didn't have to pay any taxes.
Colonists only had to pay taxes on the tea that they drank.
The Intolerable Acts led to the American Revolutionary War because -
Britain declared it would use force to make colonists pay taxes
the colonists could no longer tolerate any more laws that took away their liberties
it authorized the arrest of Samuel Adams, a hero to the colonists
King George III would no longer tolerate the colonist’s civil disobedience
Which document first outlined the grievances of the American colonies against the British crown?
The Constitution of the United States
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Magna Carta
Which document officially ended the Revolutionary War?
The U.S. Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Bill of Rights
___________ was a spy and Son of Liberty that warned the colonists that the British were coming to invade.
Patrick Henry
John Paul Jones
Michael Jackson
Paul Revere
Who was the King of Britain during the Revolutionary War?
King George III
King Henry VIII
King Louis XIV
King Charles I
What was the result of the American victories at Trenton and Princeton?
The Hessians joined the American side.
It showed that the Americans could defeat the British and they won much-needed supplies of food, shoes, blankets, and horses.
It proved that General Washington was wrong about his soldiers.
The British were forced to abandon New York and New Jersey.
The name “Boston Massacre” was given to the events of March 5, 1770, in order to
Create anti-British sentiment
Create trouble for the colonists
Warn of a deadly disease in the city
Describe the truth about what happened
The final battle of the American Revolution took place at
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lexington
Princeton
What were the colonists protesting in the Boston Tea Party?
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolutionary War?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Lexington
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
What was the main purpose of the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War?
To draft the U.S. Constitution
To negotiate peace with Britain
To coordinate the colonies' resistance against British rule
To establish a national bank
