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American Revolution Study Guide

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

Whose midnight ride warned the colonists and helped John Hancock and Samuel Adams escape the British?

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

King George III

3.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

George Washington

d)

Benedict Arnold

4.

What was the first armed conflict of the American Revolution?

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Lexington & Concord

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Saratoga

5.

Why did the British go to Lexington?

a)

To capture George Washington

b)

To find a storehouse of weapons

c)

To sign a treaty

d)

To meet with colonists

6.

Some African Americans fought for the British during the American Revolution, hoping for freedom from slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Some African Americans fought for the Americans, in Black regiments or alongside white soldiers.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution he was the scientist and invented bifocals and the rocking chair.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

John Adams

9.

Political leader from Virginia famous for his speech before the revolution “give me liberty or give me death “

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

King George III

10.

Former Continental army officer; trader who switched to the British

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Paul Revere

11.

Who won the war?

a)

the Americans

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Indians

12.

This was the final battle of the revolutionary war, British surrendered

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Lexington

c)

Concord

d)

Virginia

13.

In the phrase, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" what are these called?

a)

These are the natural rights

b)

to be happy rights

c)

to love your country rights

14.

Which section of the Declaration lists the 27 complaints the Colonies had against Britain

a)

The Preamble

b)

The list of grievances

c)

The third part

15.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Samuel Adams

16.

Colonial disadvantages included:

a)

Untrained soldiers, lacking supplies, and proper uniforms

b)

No shelter or fightsers

c)

No weapons

d)

Starving from no food