AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Which of these American leaders warned the colonist in Massachusetts that the British Army was coming?

• Paul Revere
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thurgood Marshall
• George Washington

What was the first battles of the American Revolution?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of Yorktown 
• Valley Forge

Who led the American troops during the American Revolution?

• George Washington
• Paul Revere
• Samuel Prescott
• William Dawes

When war broke out in 1775, leaders from the colonies met and wrote a famous statement. The statement they wrote was called the 

• Boycott Declaration
• Declaration of Independence
• Independence Declaration
• Constitution

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Paul Revere
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson

Paul Revere wanted to warn the Massachusetts militia that the British Army was coming. What is a militia?

• a form of local government
• a group of patriots
• a group of factory workers
• a group of ordinary citizens who train for Battle

Who said "give me Liberty or give me death"?

• Patrick Henry
• Ben Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

How did the Second Continental Congress respond to British policies?

• They started the French and Indian War.
• They chose a committee to write the Declaration of Independence.
• They passed the Tea Act, allowing Britain to export tea.
• They hired Thomas Paine to write "Common Sense".

In his pamphlet, Common Sense, Thomas Paine . . .

• begged the colonists to show common respect to King George.
• called for a religious movement called the Great Awakening.
• made a case for independence by drawing on the ideas of John Locke.
• told colonists to rebel against those who wanted to split from Britain.

English leaders believed the main purpose of the colonies was to . . .

• become a rival of England.

• develop a government independent of England.

• grow to become an equal trading partner with England.

• to benefit England's economy.