American Revolution

The British had many advantages in the war, including ____.

• home field advantage

• support of the French

• men anxious to be in the army

• a strong navy and well-trained army

First Battle of the American Revolution was also know as

• French and Indian War
• 7 Years War
• Dead Man's Day
• Shot Heard Around the World

What are your 3 Unalienable Rights, as expressed by Thomas Jefferson?

• Peace, Love and Joy
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Life, Leadership and Pursuit of Happiness
• Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

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

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

Whose writings inspired Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Locke
• George Washington

Which pamphlet did Thomas Paine write to encourage the colonist to fight for independence from Britain?

• The Crisis
• Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• Unalienable Rights

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

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• freedom

• treaty

The American Revolutionary war was between the ________________________ and _______________________.

• American Colonists and the French

• French and the British

• American Colonists and the British

• English and the Spanish

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

How were the American/Continental army able to defeat the British during the first battle, The Battle of Lexington and Concord?

• By firing on them from behind stone walls and trees in the woods.
• By challenging the British to them for a battle
• By warning the British that they were going to attack them