Unit 5

Continental Dollars:

• Modern day American money

• Authorized by congress to pay for supplies for the war

• Taxes collected by the king

• I wasn't listening and want to fail

The Olive Branch Petition:

• The Colonists final attempt to make peace with the king

• Declared the colonists independence

• Forced colonists to house soldiers

• Said that the king has every right to tax the colonists

How did King George respond to the olive branch petition?

• He showed them mercy and they met to go over their differences

• He never received it because he got the plague and died suddenly

• He agreed to stop the war and let the colonists be free

• He refused to hear it and declared colonies in a state of rebellion

What was the purpose of the colonists invading Canada?

• They wanted to kill any British allies

• They wanted to hunt moose for food

• They wanted some really good syrup for their waffles

• They hoped to draw neighbors into the revolution

In June of 1776, ____________ proposed a Declaration of Independence

• Richard Henry Lee

• John Adams

• George Washington

• John Jay

_______ actually wrote the Declaration of Independence

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence:

• The pretty pretty ink used to write it

• The introduction and states their reason for writing it

• The list of grievances of the king

• The signatures of the colonists

Which of these was NOT a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Unfair voting

• Taxation without representation

• Quartering soldiers

• Denied trial by jury

The Declaration of Independence:

• The American colonists declaring their independence from Britain

• The colonists last attempt to make peace with England

• The king declaring that he has every right to tax the colonists

• Proclamation stating that colonists could not move further west of the Appalachian mountains

Which of these was NOT an advantage for the British?

• Well trained soldiers

• Stronger military

• Fighting in homeland

• More Money