Unit 2 - American Revolutionary Era

What was the response to the Stamp Act of 1765?

• Colonists boycotted British goods

• Colonists kept buying British goods

• There was no response

• Colonists requested a meeting with the King

This was the final battle of the American Revolution where the Americans captured two major British generals

• Lexington / Concord

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

Who was the general and Commander in Chief of the American Continental Army?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Which of the following are unalienable rights? (rights that cannot be taken from you)

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happines

• All of the above

Treaty of Paris (1783) forced which country to finally acknowledge the United States as an independent country?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Germany

The Intolerable Acts were punishments from King George to the colonists after what famous protest?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Lexington

• Boston Coffee Party

Aside from being the turning point, this battle convinced the French to join the Americans in the Revolutionary War

• Lexington/Concord

• Saratoga

• Trenton

• Yorktown

The Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Quartering Act all did what?

• Made the colonists angry

• Made the colonists protest

• Made Colonists and British relations negative

• All of the above

George Washington had to keep his army throughout the winter without supplies and food where?

• Lexington / Concord

• Bunker Hill

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

The Battle at Saratoga renewed American hopes of winning and secured an alliance with which country?

• Great Britain

• France

• Mexico

• Canada