American Revolution

What did the First Continental Congress want to avoid?

• Peace
• Native American Attacks
• War
• Taxes

Who should make the laws according to Thomas Paine?

• Kings and Queens
• Church Leaders
• Male Landowners
• Citizens

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Ben Franklin
• George Washington
• John Adams

What were American's called who supported independence?

• Tories
• Separatists
• Patriots
• Loyalists

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

• Redcoats
• Loyalists
• Neutrals
• Patriots

Why did many slaves choose to help the British?

• they were offered freedom
• they were offered food
• Patriots would not pay them
• British were better trained

Who stated, "I have not yet begun to fight"?

• Marquis de Lafayette
• Thomas Paine
• Paul Revere
• John Paul Jones

This treaty formally ended the American Revolution

• Treaty of Ghent
• Treaty of Paris of 1763
• Treaty of Boston
• Treaty of Paris of 1783

What was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to establish a framework for government
• to state the reasons for the colonies to separate from England
• to express reasons for limiting immigration
• to list arguments for women’s suffrage

Which statement expresses an opinion about the causes of the Revolutionary War?

• Colonists participated in triangular trade.
• The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770.
• Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty.
• The Quartering Act was a serious violation of the colonists’ liberties.