WorksheetsUnit 2 The American Revolution
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 12mins
What percentage of the Southern population were enslaved Africans by 1775?
10%
20%
30%
50%
How did Poor Richard’s Almanac affect colonial society?
It spread practical wisdom and virtues
It discouraged thrift and common sense
It promoted royal authority
It was unpopular among colonists
Why was John Peter Zenger's trial important?
It limited freedom of speech.
It increased royal control over newspapers.
It was an achievement for freedom of the press and democracy.
It ended newspaper publication.
Why did few white immigrants move to the South?
It was too cold
There were no jobs
The land was infertile
The economy was based on plantation slavery
What did Arminianism challenge in Puritan beliefs?
The importance of church attendance
The role of women in the church
Predestination
The authority of the king
What happened because churches competed more after the Great Awakening?
Less choice for colonists
Fewer new denominations
Decline in religious influence
More democratic participation in religion
How did the Great Awakening lead people to resist authority?
It made people more obedient to church leaders.
It strengthened royal governors.
It reduced religious diversity.
It encouraged people to question traditional religious and social structures.
What did the Proclamation Line of 1763 do?
Stopped colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Let colonists move west of the Appalachians
Ended the French and Indian War
Created new tea taxes
What was the significance of the Stamp Act Congress?
It declared independence from Britain.
It was the first colonial unity against Britain.
It supported British taxes.
It repealed the Stamp Act.
What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 promise for Loyalists?
They gained independence from Britain.
They were given land in the Ohio Valley.
They were supposed to be protected and get their land back.
They became leaders in the new government.
If you wanted religious freedom and personal involvement, which would you support?
The Old Light movement
The New Light movement
The Anglican Church
The royal governor
How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
They supported the taxes.
They moved to Canada.
They wrote the Declaration of Independence.
They boycotted British goods and protested.
Who began the Great Awakening in 1734?
George Whitefield
Ben Franklin
Jonathan Edwards
John Peter Zenger
How did Enlightenment ideas influence the Declaration of Independence?
They encouraged monarchy
They supported British taxes
They discouraged colonial unity
They emphasized natural rights like life, liberty, and property
What happened after the Boston Tea Party?
The Coercive/Intolerable Acts were passed.
Britain repealed all taxes.
Colonists gained independence.
The French entered the war.
What was the main goal of the Olive Branch Petition?
Declare war on Britain
Gain support from France
Punish Loyalists
Avoid war and restore peace with Britain
Why was Common Sense important?
It urged colonists to break away from England
It supported the king
It called for more taxes
It supported British rule
Why did Britain tax the colonies in the 1760s?
To pay off debt from the French and Indian War
To punish the colonists
To encourage colonial unity
To support Native Americans
The Stamp Act mainly affected:
Lawyers
Common People
Lawyers and Newspaper Printers
Newspaper Printers
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
1781
1783
1775
Most colonial anger about taxes was because:
Smuggling to avoid taxes
Taxes paid off war debt
Colonists had no say in the taxes
Taxes controlled the economy
Which region was the least diverse?
South
New England
Middle Colonies
Frontier
Why was the Battle of Saratoga important in the Revolutionary War?
It convinced France to join and help the colonists.
It ended the war.
It led to the Proclamation Line.
It started the Stamp Act Congress.
Which religious movement helped unite the American colonies?
Great Awakening
Protestant Reformation
Red Scare
French & Indian War
Which battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the American Revolution involved the Minutemen.
Bunker Hill
Breeds Hill
fought by the Minutemen
The taxes after the French and Indian War were the first ever by the British on the colonies.
True
False
Many tax acts on the colonists were repealed because:
American merchants were losing money.
Parliament was confused.
British merchants were losing money.
America is awesome!
What British decision led to their surrender at Yorktown?
They were surrounded.
They ran out of troops.
They ran out of food after an American blockade.
What was revolutionary about the revolution?
It led to the idea that your birth class should not decide your future.
It led to the idea of ending slavery.
It created a republic that valued equality of women and men.
Whose lives changed most after the revolution?
White women
Less wealthy white males
Slaves
Native Americans
James Otis is remembered for:
demanding that slavery not be abolished.
writing that there could be no liberty unless slaves were free.
founding a state for freed slaves.
Native Americans all opposed the colonists in the war.
True
False
Most colonists were:
merchants
soldiers
pastors
farmers
What was the significance of the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
It was the last battle of the Revolutionary War.
It started the Revolutionary War.
It was the deadliest battle.
It ended British hopes of stopping the rebellion quickly.
Which colony was founded for religious freedom?
Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Georgia
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
The Stamp Act
Quartering British soldiers
Taxing tea without colonial representation
Closing Boston Harbor
