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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
The army of the Thirteen Colonies in the Revolutionary-era United States
Red Coats
Continental Army
minutemen
British Army
A war that took place from 1754-1763 that led Great Britain to start taxing the Colonists (to pay them back for the war expenses)
The Civil War
Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
The French Revolution
A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the King and the British (England's) cause.
Loyalist
Patriot
Englishman
Traitor
A colonist who favored independence from Great Britain and war against Britain
Patriot
Loyalist
Ally
War Hawk
Why did the British put a tax on paper materials in the colonies? (The Stamp Act)
The British did not like the colonists
The British would use that money to buy weapons
King George needed money to pay the soldiers
The British were in debt because of the French/Indian war
What was the name of the group of protesters that formed in Boston in response to the Stamp Act (and sometimes threatened violence to frighten tax collectors)?
The Tea Tax
Patrick Henry
The Sons of Liberty
The British Parliament
This event happened when a crowd of protesters threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers, who then fired into the crowd.
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act
4th of July
What was the name of the event in Boston on December 1773, where people dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor in protest?
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Revolutionary War
The battle of Bunker Hill
He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He was often blamed for being a tyrant.
King Phillip
King Charles
George Washington
King George III
What was the name of the new laws that the British imposed on the colonies, as a result of The Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Act
The Boston Tea Party
The First Continental Congress
What was the name of the event when 12 out of 13 colonies sent representatives to a meeting in Philadelphia because they were alarmed at what was happening in Boston, Massachusetts?
First Continental Congress
Virginia Representatives
The Boston Tea Party
The Midnight Ride
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
Which document do we celebrate on the 4th of July?
The Constitution
Declaration of Independence
The Pledge of Allegiance
The 14 Amendments
What was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that contained propaganda encouraging men to join in the Revolution.
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
The Scoop
Treaty of Paris
Why were the French willing to help the colonists in their fight against Britain?
The French wanted to gain control of the thirteen colonies themselves.
The colonists were willing to pay the French for all of their services.
There were strong hostilities between the French and the British.
The colonists had a lot to teach the French soldiers and generals.
Which founding father held the role of lead military general during the American Revolutionary War?
Paul Revire
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Which of the following was the main reason that American colonists opposed the Stamp Act of 1765?
The act was taxation without representation.
The act was passed by the king, not Parliament.
The tax was a large amount of money.
The tax was not imposed on the wealthy.
What does this political poster represent?
The Colonies needed to be united
Colonies need to be independent
Serpents can grow back together
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
Why were the Colonist forbidden to go west of the Appalachian mountains
Border Lands
Manifest Destiny
Proclamation line of 1763
Social ContractLife Liberty and Property
William Blackstone
Charles Montesquieu
John Locke
George Mason
American activist poet, playwright, and pamphleteer during the American Revolution
William Blackstone
Mercy Otis Warren
Wentworth Cheswell
George Mason
Proposed separating the government into 3 branches (Separation of Powers)
Charles Montesquieu
George Mason
Wentworth Cheswell
George Washington
Influenced Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Member of the Virginia Legislature, Leading Anti-Federalists
Charles Montesquieu
Mercy Otis Warren
John Locke
George Mason
Assessor, auditor, Justice of the Peace, teacher and Revolutionary War veteran
Wentworth Cheswell
Mercy Otis Warren
George Mason
William Blackstone
As a result of Samuel Adams creating the Sons of Liberty over the outrage of the British economic policies following the French and Indian War which of the following occurred?
Indian raids on the frontier
Boston Massacre
Thomas Jefferson created the Albany Plan of Union
The ending of westward expansion
The Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War because its outcome
influenced France to lend support to the Americans
inspired the British to fight harder
caused Britain and France to form an alliance
caused General Cornwallis to surrender
Paine suggested that the American colonies should –
Negotiate an end to the conflict with England
Declare independence from England
Form an alliance with England
What was the core idea expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
The idea that America will consider itself a free country if the King does not remove the British troops from America
The idea that they do not want to quarter Hessian troops
The idea that people have unalienable rights and any government that disregards these rights loses the right to govern them
The idea that the colonists need to have the king
The following instances of civic virtue, by going beyond their obligations and taking an active role in improving their country or environment. Evaluate which of the following is most correctly paired with the civic duty they accomplished.
G. Mercy Otis Warren was an important member of the House of Burgesses and the only key figure in protests against the Stamp Act
Samuel Adams risked capture by riding with Paul Revere on the famous Midnight Ride and he also organized all aspects of the Committees of Correspondence.
Wentworth Cheswell wrote the important pamphlet Common Sense and was second in command of the Continental Army.
John Adams defended the British soldiers accused of murdering the Boston dockworkers to prove America’s ideals that it is a place of justice, and he helped draft the Declaration of Independence, knowing this was an act of treason against the British crown.
Summarized the reasons for breaking away from Britain in the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Led the Continental Army in key victories against the British
Wrote ideas in the pamphlet Common Sense that inspired colonists to support the revolution
Became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was killed at the Boston D Massacre
Wrote ideas in the pamphlet Common Sense that inspired colonists to support the revolution
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Rose Parks
John John
Became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was killed at the Boston D Massacre
Washington
Thomas Paine
Crispus Attucks
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