Revolution 10/29/19

This American victory was the turning point in the American Revolutionary war and encouraged the French to join forces with them (the Americans).
(Turning point is a big change in a situation)

• Saratoga
• Yorktown
• Bunker Hill
• Lexington and Concord

Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington

Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation line of 1763
• Proclamation boundary
• Manifest Destiny
• Borderlands

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness were...

• Unalienable rights
• Bill of Rights
• Freedom to live
• Will Smith movie

What battle was the turning point?

• Saratoga
• Cowpens
• Yorktown
• Bunker Hill

Why did they write the Declaration of Independence?

• colonies were now independent of Britain
• declare they were going to have a war
• ask for help paying for taxes

Who is known as the Father of the U.S. Navy?

• John Paul Jones
• James Armistead
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they--

• Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
• Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
• Resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
• Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

• Great Britain recognized thee United States as an independent country.
• Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.
• The British Navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service
• British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.

Which battle brought the French into the Revolutionary War on the side of the Americans?

• Saratoga
• Concord
• Trenton
• Yorktown