American Revolution

What is another name for British soldiers?

• Redcoats
• Patriots
• Minutemen
• Continental Soldiers

What did we call colonists who did NOT want independence from England?

• Minutemen
• Traitors
• Militia
• Loyalists

"No ________ without representation"

• voting
• taxation
• rights
• liberty poles

Which side had more resources and training at the beginning of the war?

• British
• Colonists

Who won the American Revolution?

• The British
• The American Colonists

What country joined the colonists to help them win the war?

• Germany
• France
• Netherlands
• Africa

Compared to the Continental Army, British troops were all of the following except

• better fed.
• better led.
• better trained.
• better equipped.

The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because it

• brought France into the war as an American ally.
• ended General Burgoyne's career.
• liberated Georgia from British control.
• forced the British to leave Canada.

In the Treaty of Paris, the Americans won their independence and

• the right to strip Loyalists of their property.
• a pledge that future conflicts with Britain would be settled peacefully.
• the return of all taxes collected by Britain before the war.
• all the territory lying to the east of the Mississippi River.

In which state did the Battle of Yorktown take place?

• New York
• Georgia
• New Jersey
• Virginia.