American Revolution

Which of the following was NOT a reason American colonists wanted to break with Britain in 1776?

• war had already begun

• religious freedom

• no representation

• taxes

People in the thirteen colonies who supported independence were called----

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Tories

• pacifists

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

• Richard Henry Lee

• Thomas Jefferson

Some African Americans fought during the war in order to gain ---

• property

• money

• freedom

• training

People who remained neutral in the war--

• sided with the colonists

• took neither side.

• did not believe war was right.

• were loyal to Britain

Most Americans on the frontier who took a side in the Revolutionary War supported--

• the Patriots

• the British

• the Native Americans

• the Loyalists

Which of the following countries did NOT send help to the colonies?

• Scotland

• France

• Poland

• Spain

What did the victory at Saratoga show the French?

• The British were winning the war.

• The Americans stood a chance of winning the war.

• The war was ending.

• The French should stay out of this one.

General Cornwallis surrendered at the Battle of -

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Saratoga

• Charlestown

• Yorktown

Benedict Arnold was known as a traitor because he ----

• was loyal to the Continental Army.

• acted against his country

• served for pay in the military of a foreign government,

• supported the king.