Social Studies Chapter 8 Review

Who was the writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Hancock

• George Washington

A soldier hired by the British to help them in the Revolutionary War were called

• Quakers

• allies

• Native Americans

• mercenaries

The person who joined the North Carolina militia to fight at the Battle of Moore's Creek.

• Phillis Wheatley

• Peter Salem

• Mary Slocumb

• Thomas Paine

Meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to the battle at Lexington and Concord.

• Second Continental Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Stamp Act Congress

• Treaty of Paris

A believer in a peaceful settlement of differences.

• militia

• Continental

• mercenary

• Pacifist

An official statement

• grievance

• siege

• declaration

• allegiance

A symbol of peace

• olive branch

• revolution

• eagle

• dove

To join

• encroach

• negotiate

• movement

• enlist

An agreement between countries

• movement

• treaty

• declaration

• allegiance

Loyalty

• revolution

• allegiance

• independence

• movement