Chapter 4 US History

Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, led many colonial leaders to

• reject Enlightenment ideas.
• challenge British authority.
• understand the good sense of monarchy.
• agree to bound British laws

At dawn on Apirl 19, 1775, British soldiers searched for a major colonial weapons storehouse rumored to be located in

• Boston.
• Bunker Hill.
• Lexington.
• Concord.

The Battle of Yorktown

• convinced colonists to comply with British rule.
• allowed the French to gain colonial territory.
• showed the British that they could defeat the Patriots.
• was the last major battle of the American Revolution.

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

• Redcoats.
• Patriots.
• Loyalists.
• Whigs.

The Patriots faced difficulties fighting the war at sea because their

• naval fleet was too small to fight large battles against the British.
• sailors were malnourished and many were sick.
• naval fleet was old and in disrepair.
• sailors were brave, but had difficulty following orders.

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that laws should be made by

• kings and queens.
• citizens.
• church leaders.
• male landowners.

Why was winning the Battle of Trenton so important to George Washington and the Continental Army?

• The contracts many of his soldiers were fighting under were due to expire, and he feared many of them would not reenlist in a losing army.
• The supply of cash Congress had given him was running low, and mercenaries from the German state of Hesse were threatening to flee.
• He had retreated across the Delaware into Pennsylvania, and if he did not come through with a victory, his political career would be over.
• He had chosen a defensive approach to war, and the fact that he had suffered severe losses as a result made him look like a poor leader.

The rejection of the Olive Branch Petition led to the meeting of the First Continental Congress.

• True
• False 

As George Washington prepared to lead the colonists against the British, Congress

• attempted to make peace with King George III.
• prepared the troops for a fierce battle.
• invested in a dozen new cannons.
• released 250 British war prisoners.

What inspired many colonists to support independence from Britain?

• Paul Revere's ride
• Thomas Paine's Common Sense
• Washington's strong command of the Continental Army
• The Battle of Bunker Hill