American Revolution

During the Revolutionary War period, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was important because it

•  described a military plan for the defeat of England 
• convinced many Americans to support Independence from England 
• contained a detailed outline for a new form of government 
• argued for the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution

What are the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence?

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• Life, freedom, and justice
• Life. Liberty, and freedom
• Justice, peace, and freedom

Why did poet Ralph Waldo Emerson describe the battles fought at Lexington and Concord as the “shot heard round the world?”

• the use of exaggeration was consistent with the Enlightenment literary style.
•  those conflicts began the fight that led to the creation of the US & inspired revolutions elsewhere.
• he sought to commemorate the history of those areas in which conflicts occurred
• literature was commonly used to encourage people in other countries to revolt against tyranny

The battle of Lexington was the result of…

• Thomas Webster's call for rebellion

• Jean Fritz writing for the British government

• Tea Act and Boston Tea party

• General Gage ordering troops to seize colonial weapons

One of the main purposes of the Declaration of Independence was to -

• detail the many grievances the colonists had against the king
• create a new colonial government
• explain why the colonists ignored the Proclamation of 1763
• outline the future of the country

What group was created as a response to the Stamp Act?

• Son of liberty
• The patriots
• The red coats
• The loyalists

The Olive Branch Petition was written as a last attempt at …

• Freedom 
• Peace 
• Loyalty 
• Rebellion 

Arguably the first "battle" of the Revolutionary War occurred when the Massachusetts Minutemen fired on British troops at -

• Boston
• Philidelphia
• Saratoga
• Lexington and Concord

This revolutionary cartoon by Benjamin Franklin was meant to -

• persuade colonists to support the loyalists
• recruit colonists for the Royal Navy
• encourage colonists to unite together and overcome their differences
• convince colonists to maintains state sovereignty

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal... with unalienable rights... life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." 
"That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
"That whenever any form of government becomes destructive... it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and institute a new government."
Which document includes these quotes?"

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution of the United States of America
• Olive Branch Petition
• Declaration of Independence