Test Your Knowledge On The American Revolution
14 Questions
| Total Attempts: 2002
The American Revolution is one of the most important events in the history of the world and it is also a part of your school's syllabus. So gather all the knowledge you have of it and take this quiz right now. Anyone scoring above 75 in this test deserves a medal.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What are Patriots otherwise known as?
- A.
Redcoats
- B.
Tories
- C.
Whigs
- D.
Lobster-backs
- 2.Which of the following is a strength the British did not have at the start of the American War?
- A.
Well-supplied
- B.
Well led
- C.
Well fed
- D.
Experienced
- 3.The Declaration of Independence was signed before the Revolutionary War started.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Who was the first person to be killed in the Boston Massacre?
- A.
Patrick Henry
- B.
Crispus Attucks
- C.
Baron von Steuben
- D.
Marquis de Lafayette
- 5.Which battle marked the turning point of the War in the American's favor?
- A.
Battle at Saratoga
- B.
Battle of Bunker Hill
- C.
Valley Forge
- D.
Battle for New York
- 6.How many troops did George Washington have at the Battle if Yorktown
- A.
8000
- B.
8845
- C.
7800
- D.
9000
- 7.Who wrote "The Crisis"?
- A.
Thomas Jefferson
- B.
Thomas Paine
- C.
Benjamin Franklin
- D.
John Adams
- 8.Who went on horse-back warning the Americans that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord?
- A.
Paul Revere
- B.
Sam Adams
- C.
John Adams
- D.
George Washington
- 9.Which part (cause) of the American Revolution closed the Boston Harbor?
- A.
Tea Act
- B.
Boston Tea Party
- C.
Intolerable Acts/ Coercive Acts
- D.
Townshend Acts
- 10.The Treaty of Paris was delayed because of __________________'s stubbornness.
- 11.Refer to passage 1.Explain the passage in your own words in a language a 5th grader would understand.
- 12.Refer to passage 2.Explain the passage in your own words in a language that a 3rd grader would understand.
- 13.Refer to passage 3.Explain the passage in your own words in a language that a 7th grader would understand.
- 14.Could the American Revolution been stopped? Explain.
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