American Revolution Review

Which of these was NOT a positive factor that helped the American rebels in the Revolutionary War?

• The popular support of the war in Great Britain
• The support of the French in battles after Saratoga
• Washington's leadership of the continental army
• The Treaty of Alliance

Which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas (such as social contract) challenged empires and monarchies about natural rights and power of governments and citizens?

• John Locke

• George Washington

• George Mason

• John Hancock

Colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to the

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Act

In 1773 patriots like the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and protested British trade policies and taxes on goods through the -

• Great Colonial Boycott
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Intolerable Acts

Who lost the Seven Years (French and Indian) War?

• England
• Iroquois
• Spain
• France

This act was a tax on a legal papers and documents in the colonies and led to mass protests and boycotts, and so was later repealed

• Townshend Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Declaratory Act

All colonies were represented at the First Continental Congress EXCEPT -

• Pennsylvania
• North Carolina
• Georgia
• South Carolina

This man led the American Army and kept them unified, utilized guerrilla tactics, and avoided direct conflicts that may have destroyed the army.

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Alexander Hamilton
• Lord Cornwallis

After colonist threw rocks, sticks and snowballs at British forces, this event happened leading to tense relations between the British military and colonists.

• firing on Lexington and Concord

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Battle at Bunker Hill

One of John Locke's main ideas were people's natural and inalienable rights.  These rights were -

• The right to choose your own religion
• The right to own slaves
• The right to life, liberty, and property
• The right to life and religion