6.4 Quiz

What is a revolution?

• A sudden, complete change of government

• A monopoly on tea

• An act giving citizens rights

• A type of candy

Which meeting of delegates established a full-time continental army to fight the British?

• The Second Continental Congress

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Paris Peace Talks

• The Boston Tea Party

The Continental Army differed from the militias in the colonies in what way?

• Militias were better

• They were the same thing

• The continental army was made of full-time soldiers

• The British were allies with the continental army

Congress paid Continental Army soldiers with what?

• Furs and pelts

• Food for the winter

• Earthworks

• Continental currency

The Olive Branch Petition asked for ________ from Britain’s King George III.

• Money

• Peace

• Olives

• Soldiers

What was significant about the Battle of Bunker Hill?

• The first battle the colonists won

• The first major battle of the Revolutionary War

• The only battle fought at sea

• The last battle of the French and Indian War

Which role did George Washington play in the American Revolution?

• He raised tax money to pay for the war

• He negotiated with France for support

• He led the Continental Army

• He wrote the Declaration of Independence