American Revolution - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which event cost England a lot of money and caused the King to impose new taxes on the colonies to help pay for its cost?

The American Revolution

The French and Indian War

Westward Expansion

The Civil War

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The _____________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on the paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.

Sugar Act

Stamp Act

Intolerable Acts

Quartering Acts

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The colonists had no voice in parliament where new laws and taxes were developed and imposed on the colonies. As a result, the colonists began to use the slogan "______________!"

No more king

No taxation without representation

the shot heard 'round the world

It is so unfair

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A secret organization made up of merchants and journalists formed to protest unfair taxes was called the ____________.

Minutemen

Loyalists

Patriots

Sons of Liberty

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Sons of Liberty never used violence to protest unfair taxes.

True

False

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What did the Stamp Act do that England did not expect?

It caused them to buy more paper goods.

It united the colonists against England.

It increased the colonists support for England.

None of the answers

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What was the Boston Tea Party?

Members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Members of the Sons of Liberty got together to celebrate their success with tea and crumpets.

Colonists in Boston held a meeting to discuss the new tax on tea.

Members of the Sons of Liberty held a peaceful protest.

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In 1774 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met to discuss the problems the colonies were having with England. This was called ____________.

Boston Tea Party

First Continental Congress

Parliament

None of the answers

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A year after the First Continental Congress, representatives met in Philadelphia again. What did they discuss?

becoming an independent nation

breaking away from England

writing a document that declared the colonies Independent

All of the answers

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

It took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote it?

George Washington

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson

Benjamin Franklin

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Declaration of Independence was a way for the colonists to respond to the tyranny and abuse of power by King George III.

True

False

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

On what day was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

January 1, 1776

July 4, 1776

June 4, 1776

None of the answers

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the officer that turned against Americans and joined the British Army?

Benjamin Franklin

Benedict Arnold

Thomas Paine

John Adams

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who wrote "Common Sense" that challenged the colonists to fight for independence?

Patrick Henry

Thomas Paine

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was a lawyer in Massachusetts who served on the Declaration of Independence Committee? He later became the second president of the United States.

John Adams

Patrick Henry

George Washington

Benedict Arnold

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army? He led 2400 men across the Delaware River.

George Washington

Patrick Henry

Lord Cornwallis

George Jones

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This person became known for his famous speech just before the Revolutionary War. He said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

George Washington

Patrick Henry

Paul Revere

Benedict Arnold

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the colonial leader who was also an inventor and scientist? He also helped create the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

Benjamin Franklin

Benedict Arnold

Thomas Paine

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War took place at_______________. This is known as the shot heard around the world.

Philadelphia

Lexington

Washington D.C.

None of the answers

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What caused the first battle of the American Revolution?

British were looking to seize a storehouse of weapons that belonged to the colonists, but met the Minutemen instead.

The British fired on the Sons of Liberty as they dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

The colonists shot British soldiers bringing tea into the Boston Harbor.

None of the Answers

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The American Troops defeated the British in New York during the _____________ in the fall of 1777.

Boston Massacre

Battle of Lexington

Battle of Saratoga

None of the answers

23.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In 1781, the Continental Army defeated the British troops for the final time at Yorktown, Virginia. What British leader surrendered to General George Washington?

King George III

Lord Cornwallis

Benedict Arnold

None of the answers

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