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WorksheetsC3 The American Revolution - Chapter 3: Independence
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Who wrote to her husband, John, in April 1776, expressing her desire to hear about the declaration of independence?
Abigail Adams
Martha Washington
Dolley Madison
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
According to the passage, who urged her husband to be more generous and favourable to women than his ancestors?
Abigail Adams
Martha Washington
Dolley Madison
Elizabeth Hamilton
What did Abigail Adams warn would happen if particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies?
She warned that women are determined to foment a Rebellion and will not hold themselves bound by any Laws in which they have no voice or representation.
She warned that the country would fall into economic ruin.
She warned that men would lose their rights as well.
She warned that the government would collapse immediately.
According to the passage, under the law, who controlled all of a wife's property?
The husband
The wife
The government
Her children
Why did Abigail Adams urge her husband to protect women from the 'vicious and Lawless'?
Because under the law, the 'vicious and Lawless' could treat women with cruelty and indignity.
Because she wanted women to have the right to vote immediately.
Because she believed women should serve in the military.
Because she wanted women to be exempt from paying taxes.
According to the passage, what effect did the struggle for independence have on society?
It strengthened government control
It loosened the bands of government everywhere
It made children more obedient
It reduced the number of apprentices
According to John, who was instigating the rise of a more numerous and powerful group?
The British government
The local merchants
The colonial farmers
The church leaders
List three groups mentioned in the passage that were stirred up to demand new privileges.
Nobles, clergy, and townspeople
Farmers, merchants, and soldiers
Artisans, peasants, and monarchs
Bankers, traders, and priests
Women were subject to the arbitrary rule of husbands and fathers because:
They had fewer legal rights and social power.
They were physically stronger.
They chose to be ruled.
They had more education.
One out of every five Americans was enslaved, even though Americans claimed liberty as a fundamental birthright because:
Slavery was considered essential to the economy and society by many colonists.
All Americans were free and equal at the time.
The concept of liberty applied to everyone equally.
Slavery did not exist in America.
In a new political society, what role would native people or religious dissenters have?
They would have equal rights and participation.
They would be excluded from political processes.
They would only have economic roles.
They would serve as advisors only.
Declaring independence, though difficult, would prove less complicated than resolving the other conundrums mentioned in the passage because:
it was a clear and decisive action.
it required more resources.
it involved more negotiation.
it was less important than the other issues.
By spring 1776, what had happened to British authority in the colonies according to the passage?
British authority had collapsed in all of the colonies.
British authority had grown stronger in all of the colonies.
British authority was only present in the southern colonies.
British authority had been restored by the arrival of new troops.
According to the passage, who mainly composed the provincial congresses and committees of safety?
British officials
Members of the suspended colonial assemblies
Native Americans
French allies
Late in 1775, Congress instructed two colonies that had asked for guidance to form new governments. Which two colonies are mentioned in the passage?
South Carolina and New Hampshire
Virginia and Massachusetts
Georgia and Pennsylvania
Maryland and Rhode Island
On May 10, 1776, what did Congress call on all the colonies to do?
To create new governments.
To declare war on Britain.
To abolish slavery immediately.
To sign a peace treaty with France.
Who said that the call to create new governments was 'a machine for fabricating independence'?
William Duane of New York
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
According to the passage, which state's provincial congress instructed its delegates to Congress to vote for independence?
North Carolina
Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Who introduced the resolution in Congress that 'these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states'?
Richard Henry Lee
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Which two delegates were appointed to draft a declaration, according to the passage?
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Benjamin Franklin and George Washington
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry
The passage states that all towns in Massachusetts voted for independence in April 1776.
True
False
According to the passage, which document did Adams know from Jefferson's writings?
'Summary View of the Rights of British America'
'Common Sense'
'The Federalist Papers'
'Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania'
According to the passage, what was the purpose of the declaration discussed in 'The American Revolution'?
To prepare a platform on which everyone in Congress, and in the states they represented, could stand. It had to be clear, not controversial, and utterly consistent with the country’s prevailing mood.
To announce the immediate end of all foreign alliances.
To establish a new national currency for the colonies.
To declare war on all European monarchies.
The declaration begins with an explanation of the document’s purpose. What group is preparing to separate from another, according to the passage?
One group of people is preparing to separate from another, and to take their place among the world’s nations.
A group of nations is preparing to unite under a single government.
A single leader is preparing to declare independence from his people.
A group of merchants is preparing to form a new trading company.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a 'self-evident' truth in the passage?
A) All men are created equal
B) All men have certain inalienable rights
C) All men must obey the king
D) All men are entitled to life
According to the passage, from where do governments derive their powers?
From the consent of the governed.
From the wealth of the nation.
From the military strength.
From the traditions of the monarchy.
According to the passage, what do people have the right to do if a government begins violating their rights?
Change or abolish the government and create a new one to protect their rights.
Accept the government's actions without protest.
Move to another country immediately.
Request the government to increase its power.
According to the passage, people are more likely to suffer under a bad government than to change their customary systems.
True
False
According to the passage, what did the declaration list that made rebellion necessary?
The king's personal actions
The British government's actions
The colonists' protests
The acts of Parliament
Since 1764, the colonists had been protesting against the acts of Parliament. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as one of these acts?
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Navigation Act
The Tea Act
Fill in the blank: The declaration shifted the blame from _______ to the king.
Parliament
the army
the church
the people
The word 'Parliament' is never mentioned in the declaration according to the passage.
True
False
The king had refused or imposed which two actions?
He refused to approve laws and imposed taxes without consent.
He refused to hold elections and imposed martial law.
He refused to sign treaties and imposed new religions.
He refused to build roads and imposed trade restrictions.
According to the passage, what did the king do to the colonial charters and legislatures?
He had taken away colonial charters and suspended their legislatures.
He granted more power to the colonial legislatures.
He allowed the colonies to write new charters.
He ignored the existence of colonial charters and legislatures.
According to the passage, who had been the counsel for the accused in the 'mock trial' related to the Boston massacre?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
According to the passage, what system did the king abolish in the province that had only recently been introduced to English law?
The free system of English laws
The feudal system of land tenure
The Roman code of justice
The French civil code
According to the passage, which of the following actions did the king NOT take?
Plundered the seas
Burnt towns
Sent large armies of foreign mercenaries
Established free trade with the colonies
According to the passage, the king was accused of sending large armies of foreign mercenaries to do what?
To compleat the works of death, desolation & tyranny
To negotiate peace treaties with neighboring countries
To build new infrastructure for the kingdom
To collect taxes from the citizens
According to the passage, what did the king do to incite domestic insurrections?
By arming slaves and the 'merciless Indian savages'
By freeing all slaves
By abolishing the slave trade
By supporting the American colonies
Fill in the blank: The African slave trade was described in the passage as 'this ______ warfare.'
piratical
heroic
peaceful
just
What was the main reason the king of Great Britain was determined to keep open a market where men should be bought and sold, according to the passage?
To maintain economic profit from the slave trade
To promote religious freedom
To encourage immigration
To support local agriculture
According to the passage, what did Jefferson accuse the king of doing to atone for his crimes against the liberties of one people—the enslaved?
By having them take the lives of another people—the colonists.
By granting them freedom and land in the colonies.
By sending them back to their homeland as compensation.
By offering them positions in the colonial government.
Congress kept the whole passage on slavery and the slave trade in the Declaration of Independence.
True
False
What did the declaration insist about the Americans' petitions for redress?
That they had been answered only by repeated injuries.
That they were immediately granted.
That they were ignored because they were unreasonable.
That they were answered with generous support.
According to the passage, who did Adams think should not have been called a tyrant?
George III
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
What did the declaration state about the united colonies?
The united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.
The united colonies should remain under British rule.
The united colonies are to form a single monarchy.
The united colonies must pay taxes to the crown.
Why did Americans feel they had no choice but to 'hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends'?
Because the British people had been deaf to 'the voice of justice and consanguinity.'
Because the Americans wanted to expand their territory.
Because the Americans were seeking revenge for past conflicts.
Because the Americans wanted to establish a monarchy.
Who was determined to be a 'patriot king' according to the passage?
George III
Charles II
James I
William IV
According to the passage, on what date did Congress vote in favor of independence?
July 2
July 4
July 8
June 30
Fill in the blank: The document is titled "A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress _______."
Assembled
United
Gathered
Formed
Which words appeared in print for the first time in bold line according to the passage?
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Declaration of Independence
Philadelphia
When did the people of Philadelphia hear independence declared?
July 2
July 4
July 8
June 30
Who published five hundred copies of the declaration to distribute throughout the country?
John Hancock
John Dunlap
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
According to the passage, what did the people of New York do after the declaration was read to the troops?
They pulled down the statue of George III and cut it to pieces.
They organized a parade in honor of the king.
They built a new monument for George III.
They left the area in silence.
What did the women do with the pieces of the king's statue, according to the passage?
Threw them away
Melted them into bullets
Sold them
Buried them
What event is depicted in the image below the passage?
The reading of the Declaration of Independence.
The signing of the Constitution.
The Boston Tea Party.
The inauguration of George Washington.
According to the passage, what significant event took place on July 4, 1776?
The end of the Revolutionary War
The first printing of the Declaration of Independence
The signing of the Treaty of Paris
The Boston Tea Party
The document created on July 4, 1776, gave the new nation a name. What was the name?
The American Colonies
The United States of America
The British Colonies
New England
Fill in the blank: The largest European force ever sent overseas, consisting of thirty-thousand British troops, was coming ashore on _________.
Staten Island
Long Island
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Who commanded the army that Washington's poorly armed and poorly trained New England soldiers could not defend New York from?
General William
Admiral Sir Richard Howe
General Sir Guy Carleton
General William and Admiral Sir Richard Howe
The French along the St. Lawrence River remembered New England's wars against them.
True
False
According to the passage, what caused the Americans to retreat from Montreal?
Lack of supplies
Smallpox and winter
British reinforcements
Defeat at Quebec
Who realized that New York was indefensible?
Washington
Jefferson
Hamilton
Adams
To hold Brooklyn, Washington would have to defend all of ________, which was impossible with no ships and only nineteen thousand men.
Long Island
Manhattan
New Jersey
Staten Island
American rebels opposed Clinton's landing on Long Island's south shore.
True
False
What was the largest-scale battle in the entire Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Long Island.
The Battle of Saratoga.
The Battle of Yorktown.
The Battle of Bunker Hill.
Why did Howe decide on a siege of Brooklyn instead of destroying Washington’s army?
He wanted to avoid unnecessary casualties
He wanted to seize Kings Bridge
He wanted to attack Manhattan
He wanted to retreat
Who did Admiral Howe write to when he reached Staten Island?
Franklin.
George Washington.
John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson.
According to the passage, where did Franklin and others discuss ways to preserve peace in 1774?
At Catherine Howe's London home.
In Philadelphia's Independence Hall.
At the Boston Tea House.
In Paris at the French Embassy.
Who did Howe send to Philadelphia to propose that Congress send someone to discuss reconciliation?
John Sullivan
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Lee
Horatio Gates
What did John Adams think about negotiating with Howe after the defeat of the American army?
John Adams opposed negotiating with Howe, wishing that 'the first ball that had been fired on the day of the defeat of our army [on Long Island]' had been set aside.
John Adams supported immediate negotiations with Howe, believing it would lead to peace.
John Adams was indifferent to negotiations with Howe, leaving the decision to others.
John Adams believed negotiating with Howe would strengthen the American position.
Who did Congress send to meet the admiral on Staten Island?
Adams, Franklin, and Edward Rutledge
Washington, Jefferson, and Madison
Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin
Franklin, Rutledge, and Washington
Where did the meeting with Admiral Howe take place?
Staten Island
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
What did Adams think of the American officers and soldiers in New Jersey?
They were brave and disciplined
They were thoughtful and organized
They were straggling and loitering
They were inspired and hopeful
Who was brought as a hostage to the meeting with Howe?
The officer Howe had dispatched as a hostage to wait on the New Jersey shore.
A British general from New York.
A local farmer from New Jersey.
A French diplomat visiting the colonies.
What did Howe supply during the three-hour meeting?
Only water
Good Claret, good Bread, cold Ham, Tongues, and Mutton
Tea and biscuits
Coffee and cake
According to the passage, what did John Adams say he would be willing to consider himself as, for a few moments?
In any Character which would be agreeable to your Lordship, except that of a British Subject.
A loyal servant of the British Crown.
A permanent resident of England.
A representative of the French government.
What was Howe's proposal to the Americans, as described in the passage?
To join the British army
To resume their allegiance to the king in exchange for a pardon
To create new governments
To declare independence
True or False: The amnesty offered by the king included John Adams.
True
False
After two years of anarchy, what did the states do according to Rutledge?
The states had created new governments.
The states had dissolved their armies.
The states had joined a foreign alliance.
The states had abolished all taxes.
Fill in the blank: Howe spoke of his own gratitude to Massachusetts for the Westminster Abbey monument to honor his brother, and he now 'felt for America, as for a Brother, and if America should fall, he should feel and lament it, like the loss of a ______.'
Brother
Friend
Father
Nation
Who assured Howe with a smile and a bow, 'to save your Lordship that mortification'?
Washington
Franklin
Congress
The commissioners
Fill in the blank: The diplomats crossed back to ______, and Howe prepared to crush Washington's army.
New Jersey
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
What natural event helped Washington get his army across the East River?
A) A violent storm
B) A dense fog
C) Both a violent storm and a dense fog
D) Congress's decision
How long did Howe and the British army hold New York after their attack on Manhattan?
One year
Three years
Seven years
Ten years
Who held Harlem Heights at Manhattan's northern tip?
Howe
Washington
Carleton
Lee
Fill in the blank: Carleton held ________, just a dozen miles from Ticonderoga, by mid-October.
Crown Point
Fort William Henry
Albany
Saratoga
What would control of Ticonderoga give Carleton?
Control of the Hudson River and the ability to trap Washington between his Canadian army and Howe's forces in New York.
Access to the Atlantic Ocean for British naval reinforcements.
Direct control over Boston and its surrounding territories.
A strategic alliance with the French forces in Canada.
According to the passage, what was the British strategy during the conflict?
Destroying American supplies
Destroying Americans' confidence in themselves and in Washington
Attacking from the south
Gaining control of the sea
Fill in the blank: The British moved up the ______ River, through the deadly currents of Hell Gate, and landed their forces on Throggs Neck.
East
Hudson
Delaware
Potomac
What did Washington do after the British moved from Harlem to White Plains?
He surrendered
He attacked the British
He squeezed his remaining eleven thousand Americans into a narrow tract divided by the Hudson and Harlem Rivers
He retreated to Boston
According to the passage, where did Washington cross over to after Peekskill?
Newport, Rhode Island
Hackensack, New Jersey
Philadelphia
Westchester
Who did Howe send to protect New Jersey's loyal farmers?
General Charles Cornwallis
Clinton
Carleton
Washington
Fill in the blank: Howe instead sent him to Newport, ________—unlike the rivers near New York, Narragansett Bay rarely froze, and the fleet would need a winter anchorage.
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
The strategic importance of Narragansett Bay was:
It provided a deep-water port for naval operations.
It was a major source of gold and silver.
It was the site of a famous battle during the Civil War.
It was known for its fertile farmland.
According to the passage, who built a fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain that kept Carleton from advancing to Ticonderoga?
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Horatio Gates
Charles Cornwallis
Why did Carleton retreat to Canada in November?
Because his long Canadian experience taught him not to stay in Crown Point over the winter.
Because he wanted to launch a surprise attack from Canada.
Because he was ordered to return by the British government.
Because his troops were running out of supplies.
Who took Fort Washington and nearly two thousand prisoners on December 16?
Johann Gottlieb Rall’s Hessians
George Washington’s Continental Army
Charles Cornwallis’s British troops
Marquis de Lafayette’s French forces
What did a British officer compare the fleeing Americans to after the battle at Fort Lee?
Scared rabbits
Brave lions
Marching soldiers
Flying eagles
What is the main idea of the passage?
To describe the main point of the passage.
To list the characters in the passage.
To summarize the setting of the passage.
To explain the author's background.
