Revolution, Declaration, Mini-Review Game

What were American colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain called?

• Whigs
• Loyalists
• Royalists
• Democrats

What was the name of the battle in which the Patriots finally defeated the British once and for all?

• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of New Jersey
• Battle of Yorktown
• Valley Vorge

What was the name for the colonial military force created to fight the British?

• mercenaries
• Redcoats
• Hessians
• Continental Army

Who was the French nobleman who helped the Patriots fight the British?

• Bernardo de Galvez
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Baron von Steuben
• Lord Dunmore

What action would a Loyalist have been least likely to take during the Revolution

• flee the colonies for England
• support the Olive Branch Petition
• oppose the Declaration of Independence
• join the Continental Army

Which of the following events took place last?

• The Declaration of Independence was issued.
• The 2nd Continental Congress met.
• The battles of Lexington and Concord occurred.
• The Battle of Bunker Hill took place.

Why was the Patriots' victory at the Battle of Saratoga so important to the American cause?

• It allowed the Declaration of Independence to be issued.
• It forced the British army to retreat from Boston.
• It convinced France to aid the colonies in their fight.
• It caused the British government to give up the war.

The most brutal and destructive fighting of the war probably occurred...

• in the southern colonies.
• in Valley Forge.
• in New England.
• at Lexington and Concord.

The Declaration of Independence's claim that people have a right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" shows the influence of what earlier Enlightenment thinker?

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau 

What actions did the First Continental Congress take?

• halted trade with England, drafted Declaration of Rights, prepared militias.
• halted trade with England, drafted Olive Branch Petition.
• continued trade with England, prepared militias, drafted Declaration of Rights.
• continued trade with England, drafted Olive Branch Petition, prepared militias.