Road to the Revolution

In order to pay off French and Indian War debt, the British Parliament took what action?

• Closed the Boston Harbor
• Passed new colonial taxes like the Stamp Act
• Held a seaside tea party
• Allowed the colonists to chose their own governors

What did the colonists do during the Boston Tea Party? 

• Purchase tea from the British
• Drop tea from a boat 
• Attack the British Soldiers

What name was given to colonists who opposed the war with Britain?

• Patriots
• Hessians
• Loyalists
• Writs

Who fought in the Revolutionary War?

• the British against the colonists
• the French against the British
• the French against the colonists
• the colonists against the Native Americans

The legislative body that met in Philadelphia and authorized the Declaration of Independence

• Committees of Correspondence
• Parliament
• Continental Congress
• Sons of Liberty

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams
• George Washington
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson

Which skirmishes opened the American Revolution

• Battle of Yorktown
• Trenton and Princeton
• Battles of the Great Lakes
• Lexington and Concord

Which was NOT created during the Second Continental Congress?

• Declaration of Independence
• Olive Branch Petition
• Articles of Confederation
• Treaty of Paris

Who commanded the Continental Army?

• Henry Knox
• John Hancock
• Benedict Arnold
• George Washington

What document signaled the official end of the war?

• Common Sense
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Paris
• Rights of Man