American Revolution

What battle happened in 1781 and resulted in the British surrendering?

• Lexington and Concord
• Trenton
• Yorktown
• Saratoga

What angered the colonists to the point where they wanted independence from Britain?

• taxes
• Boston Tea Party
• Lexington and Concord
• Declaration of Independence

Who agreed to give the Americans their freedom after the victory at Yorktown?

• King George III
• Thomas Jefferson
• King Louis XVI
• Marquis de Lafayette 

The profitability of cash-crop agriculture led to the development of what type of trade between European countries, the Colonies, and Africa? 

• circular trade
• Triangular Trade 
• square trade
• Colonial trade 

What is the name of the acts that were passed after the Boston Tea Party? 

• Townshend Acts 
• Intolerable Acts
• Navigation Acts
• Stamp Act 

Written in the summer of 1776 by a committee chosen by the Continental Congress and independence was officially declared after it was accepted. 

• Declaration of Independence
• Mayflower Compact 
• Magna Carta
• Constitution

Why were the colonists upset with Parliament and the king about the taxes?

• no representation
• taxes too high
• Boston Massacre
• Proclamation of 1763

Battle that is called the turning point and renewed hope that the Americans could win the war

• Trenton
• Valley Forge
• Bunker Hill
• Saratoga 

What country agreed to help the Americans after Saratoga?

• Britain
• Canada
• Spain
• France

Where did Washington and his troops endure a winter of terrible of suffering?

• Valley Forge
• Bunker Hill
•  Saratoga
• Yorktown