Social Studies Review

The ______________ put Great Britain in debt

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

• Civil War

• Gulf War

The Declaration of Independence was signed on

• November 2, 1668

• October 3, 1780

• September 5, 1778

• July 4, 1776

The first battles of the American revolution were fought in ____________

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston and New York

• Raleigh and Durham

• Dallas and Fort Worth

The _____________ won the Revolutionary War

• British

• Colonists/Americans

• Indians

• Africans

________________ was the main author of the Declaration of Independence

• Howard Jones

• Thomas Jefferson

• Bill Clinton

• Barack Obama

The Colonial leaders met in __________________ to discuss becoming independent from Great Britain

• Philadelphia

• Yorktown

• Lexington

• Concord

The boycotts against Great Britain worked except for the tax on ________. This resulted in Boston Tea Party

• tea

• sugard

• paper

• ink

The British surrendered at _______________

• Concord

• Lexington

• Yorktown

• Philadelphia

The British soldiers in the revolutionary war were called ____________.

• minuteman

• redcoats

• colonists

• royalists

The soldiers who fought against the British in the revolutionary war were called _____________ because they were ready to fight in a minute.

• Royalists

• Redcoats

• Minutemen

• Mercenaries