American Revolution

The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolution was the __________.

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of Lexington

What did the First Continental Congress want to avoid?

• Peace
• Native American Attacks
• War
• Taxes

What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?

• Lexington and Concord
• Bunker Hill
• Trenton
• Yorktown

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

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 the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to persuade England to end slavery in America
• to list reasons the colonies should be free from England
• to provide a plan for financing the American Revolution
• to convince the king to grant colonists more land

The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it

• ended the British threat to the South
• guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists
• convinced the French to support the Americans
• forced the British to withdraw from North America