The Beginning of the American Revolution

The _________________ was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British Government.

• Continental Army

• Sons of Liberty

• House of Burgesses

• Continental Congress

What was the name of the war fought between Britain and America so that America could win their independence?

• French and Indian War

• War of 1812

• American Revolution

• Civil War

Freedom from being ruled by someone else is called _____________________.

• Revolution

• Independence

• Taxes

• Surrender

Where were the first shots fired of the Revolutionary War?

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

_______________________ wanted independence from Britain.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Tories

• Colonists

_____________________ believed Britain should rule the colonies.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Colonists

What were civilian colonists called that independently organized well-prepared militia companies during the American Revolution?

• Redcoats

• Bloodybacks

• Minutemen

• Quick soldiers

Loyalists were also known as ___________________.

• Minutemen

• Redcoats

• Tories

• Bloodybacks

_______________________ rode ahead to warn the Minutemen that the British troops were on their way from Boston to Lexington and Concord.

• John Hancock

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere