American Revolution Test Review

Part One (Multiple Choice)

1. Who helped to found the Sons of Liberty?

2. Where did the first fighting of the war take place?

3. Who authored Common Sense arguing that the time had come for American Independence?

4. Which European country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary War?

5. Which country supplied mercenary soldiers to help the British? What were they called?

6. Which event confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation?

7. What was the Boston Massacre a response to?

8. Where did the Continental Army score its first and much-needed victory?

9. What was one direct result of the Intolerable Acts?

10. In which incident did Crispus Attucks play a significant role?

11. What was the low point of the Revolutionary War for the Continental Army?

12. When did the Sons of Liberty form?

13. What were the Townshend Acts?

14. What happened on April 19, 1775 that would have caused Samuel Adams to comment that this was “a glorious day for America”?

15. How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?

16. How many Patriots were there during the Revolutionary War? Loyalists?

17. who did Jefferson borrow ideas from when he drafted the Declaration of Independence?

18. What were the disadvantages of the Continental Army?

19. Who was the effective leader of the Continental Army?

20. Who commanded the British troops and surrendered to Washington?

Part Two (Map “The Siege of Yorktown) started in class on 10/14) . You will have about five questions to respond to.

Example: Whose troops surrounded Yorktown? French troops blocked the road to which town?

Part Three (Document-Based Questions

You will be given three or four documents to read and answer questions over the documents.

Part Four (Extended Response)

You will be given two questions from which you will select one to write and extended response to.

Possible questions:

1. Name two advantages the British had in the war and two that the Continental Army had. In your opinion, why were the Americans able to win the war?

2. Shortly after the loss of some 450 American lives at the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George. Why do you think colonial leaders continued to hope for peace with Great Britain?

3. Discuss the ways in which the colonists responded to British actions between 1765 and 1770. Consider the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act, the stationing of British troops in Boston, the Boston Massacre, the Intolerable Acts, the repealing of colonial charters.

4. The war began badly for the Americans, but the Continental Army was eventually successful. Identify and describe three or four main events in the war. Which of these events do you think could be called the turning point of the war? Explain considering military leadership, foreign support ofr the American war effort and tactical errors made by the opposition