Revolutionary War

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

The leader of England was

• George III
• John Hancock
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

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What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

After the battle at Bunker Hill, the Patriots learned...

• They had no chance at winning
• They were going to beat the British easily
• They may lose some battles, but could win the war
• They needed to surrender

How would you describe the winter at Valle Forge?

• Cold and challenging
• Hot and tropical
• Great food

The Declaration of Independence was written to formally declare to the people and to the King of England that the colonies were separating from England and they wanted to explain why.

• True
• False

There were no women or African Americans who helped in the Revolutionary War.

• True
• False

The war ended when the Patriots surrounded the British troops and Cornwallis had no choice but to surrender.

• True
• False

Who were the Hessian mercenaries?

• enslaved Africans who were forced to fight in the war
• women who were hired to work in the American army camps
• People who had sacrificed their life for a noble cause.
• professional soldiers from a German state hired to fight for Britain