The American Revolution

What were the advantages of the British Army?

• strong navy; well-trained army

• weak navy; well-trained army

• strong navy; weak army

recruit

• quit

• sign up

• resign

campaign

• pause

• retreat

• attack

What was the purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence?

• to persuade Loyalists to move to Canada

• to offer King George III a compromise that would end the conflict

• to create a framework for a new democratic government in America

• to explain the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain

Which argument is found in the Declaration of Independence?

• The British government has failed to respect the rights of the Native Americans

• The colonists should elect their own representatives to Parliament before the British government imposes any more taxes

• The colonists have the right to declare independence because the British government is too far away to govern effectively

• The colonists have a right to change their government because the British government has violated the very rights it is supposed to protect

Read the quote from the image. Who is the author of this quote?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

The passage is from The Crisis, written by Thomas Paine in 1776.

What was the intent the author meant to have on its readers?

• to persuade Loyalists to desert the British cause

• to encourage soldiers of the Continental Army to keep on fighting

• to help colonists understand the reasons for recent British victories

What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga in 1777?

• the Continental Army ended the British threat in the South

• the British decide to grant the colonists their independence

• the British were able to divide the colonies into two separate parts

• the French were persuaded to enter the war as an ally of the colonists

Why did so many American Indian tribes support the British during the American Revolution?

• they felt a sense of loyalty to King George III

• they feared the colonists would take away their lands

• they regretted supporting the French during the French and Indian War

• they did not believe in the equality promised by the Declaration of Independence

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it..."

Which theory of government led directly to the views expressed in this passage?

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Divine Rights of Kings

• John Locke's Social Contract

• Baron Montesquieu's separation of powers