The Road To Revolution Worksheet

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The Road to Revolution Worksheet Go to http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html Click BEGIN Answer the multiple choice questions about the United States’ road to independence from Britain While completing the game, fill in the following answers on this worksheet

Directions: Use the PBS online game The Road to Revolution to fill in the blanks. In parentheses you will find a clue to what belongs in the blank. (Town, number, book, etc). The road to Revolution begins in the town of (Name of Town)

, Massachusetts .

The pamphlet by in 1776 led many to believe independence from Britain was necessary. (Name of book and author) At the time of Independence, slavery was banned in of states)

states. (Number

Some American Colonists remained loyal to the British government and did not want to revolt. Historians estimate that about of American Colonists were loyalists. (Fraction/Percent of Colonists that were Loyalists) General Washington crossed the Delaware Christmas week 1776 because many troop would expire on January 1, 1777. (Word for when troops sign to join army) came to America from France during the Revolutionary war and fell in love with America, aiding the Patriots in the fight against the crown. (Name of person) was outlawed in the states formed from the Northwest Ordinance, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. (Name of practice that was forbidden in these states) The Revolutionary War lasted

years. (Number of years)

The Constitution of the United States when originally formed and signed did not include the which guarantees the Freedom Speech in one of its ten amendments. (Name of document containing the first 10 amendments to the Constitution)