The Road to Revolution Worksheet

1. Go to http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
2. Click BEGIN
3. Answer the multiple choice questions about the United States’ road to
independence from Britain
4. 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 , Massachusetts .

(Name of Town)

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 states. (Number

of states)

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)