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Unit 2: Revolutionary War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why were the colonists upset by the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

It limited their westward expansion

b)

It allowed the natives access to their homes

c)

It created tension between the colonists and the French

d)

It gave land to freed slaves

2.

How did the British government react to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

They declared war on the colonies

b)

They repealed the tax on tea

c)

They passed the Intolerable Acts

d)

They put the Sons of Liberty on Trial

3.

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes being passed by the British government?

a)

They were upset because of the cost of the taxes

b)

They didn't agree that they should pay any taxes at all

c)

The taxes violated their rights because they had no representation in Parliament

d)

They felt they were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party

4.

Why did Parliament begin to pass taxes on the colonies?

a)

To promote industry

b)

To help expand their trade with foreign nations

c)

to pay the debt created by the French and Indian War

d)

To help pay for the cost of creating the colonies

5.

What economic theory is represented in the image

a)

Salutary Neglect

b)

Triangle Trade

c)

TransAtlantic Slave Trade

d)

Mercantilism

6.

What secret organization was created by Samuel Adams to help fight against British taxes?

a)

The Sons of Liberty

b)

Delta Force

c)

Federalists

d)

Democratic-Republicans

7.

How did the Sons of Liberty protest taxes?

a)

Boycotts

b)

Sit-ins

c)

Armed assaults on soldiers

d)

Hunger strike

8.

Match the following people with their achievements

a)

Thomas Jefferson

1.

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

b)

George III

2.

King of England During the Revolution

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

3.

helped to train and lead soldiers

d)

Crispus Attucks

4.

First to die in the Revolution

e)

Patrick Henry

5.

Give me Liberty or Give me Death

9.

Where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Monmouth

c)

Yorktown

d)

Lexington and Concord

10.

Which battle is considered a turning point in the Revolution?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Yorktown

d)

Saratoga

11.

What events was considered a representation of the hardships faced by the Continental Army during the war?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

12.

Match the following

a)

Stamp Act

1.

Tax on Paper

b)

Intolerable Acts

2.

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party

c)

Quartering Act

3.

British soldiers take over private homes

d)

Sugar Act

4.

First tax passed

e)

Townshend Acts

5.

tax on imported goods

13.

Which battle was a defeat for Americans, but encouraged them because they put up a good fight?

a)

Siege of Boston

b)

Saratoga

c)

Monmouth

d)

Bunker Hill

14.

The victory at which battle convinced the French to help the Americans?

a)

Brooklyn

b)

Saratoga

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Yorktown

15.

French ships trapped the British at which battle?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Monmouth

c)

Saratoga

d)

Ticonderoga

16.
Colonists were dissatisfied with Great Britain because
a)
of the ecomomic policies imposed on the colonies following the French & Indian War. 
b)
of Ben Franklin's Join or Die cartoon.
c)
of the interference in the slave trade.
d)
of consequences of the Great Awakening. 
17.
Thomas Paine wrote
a)
the Bible
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
Common Sense
d)
the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
18.
Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense to advocate for Independence
a)
King George III
b)
Sam Adams 
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Mercy Otis Warren 
19.
Which British policy following the French and Indian War angered colonists because it limited their ability to expand west of the Appalachian Mountains?
a)
Treaty of Paris, 1763
b)
Albany Plan of Union
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Proclamation of 1763
20.
The Sugar Act, Stamp Act and Quartering Act led to the start of the Revolutionary War because colonists...
a)
restricted trade with the native Americans. 
b)
believed their rights were being violated. 
c)
disliked King George's wig.