Virginia Studies Ch 5 - American Revolution

How did the Second Continental Congress hope King George III would respond to the Olive Branch Petition?

• It hoped king would declare war on the colonies

• It hoped the king would grant the colonies independence

• It hoped the king would stop all trade between Great Britain and the colonies

• It hoped the king would work with the Congress to find a peaceful answer to the colonists complaints

Which statement is NOT true about European allies of the colonies in the Revolutionary War?

• France supplied troops, supplies, and funds to the colonies

• Holland sent the Patriots arms and loaned them money

• Spain provided money and supplies, and attacked the British in the South

• Germany sent its large navy to help the colonies

Great Britain taxed the colonies to repay its debt. Why was Great Britain in debt?

• It owed France money because France sent soldiers to help the British control the colonists

• It had borrowed money to fight the French and Indian war

• It owed the colonists money for imports of raw materials

• It owed Spain money for building British ships

Which of the following was a key step taken by the First Continental Congress?

• It declared war on Great Britain

• It appointed George Washington king

• It issued the Declaration of Independence

• It voted to stop all trade with Great Britain until the Intolerable Act was repealed

What did the Declaration of Independence say the people had the right to do when government did not respect their rights?

• They had no rights in such case

• They had the right to attack British soldiers at any time

• They had the right to end the government and create a new one

• They had the right become a colony of another country

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

• Minutemen
• Traitors
• Militia
• Loyalists

"No ________ without representation"

• voting
• taxation
• rights
• liberty poles

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

The ___________ fought hard to gain America's freedom from the king of England.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• freedom

• treaty