The Revolutionary War

Wh were the colonist called who wanted the colonies free from Britain?

• Tories

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Neutrals

What was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War?

• Lexington

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

In their second meeting, the Continental Congress took which important action?

• created the committees of correspondence.

• sent a letter of protest to Parliament.

• Organized boycotts of British goods.

• Appointed George Washington as commander of the Continental army.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

German mercenaries sent to the colonies to fight in the American Revolution were called

• Ukranians

• Russians

• Prussians

• Hessians

What had the greatest influence on colonists to fight for their independence from Britain?

• Common Sense

• Hessians

• Indian attacks on the frontiers.

• British troops housed in private homes.

" We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"

What movement is best associated with this quote from the

Declaration of Independence?

• Protestantism

• Feudalism

• Enlightenment

• Quakerism

The Prussian officer Baron von Steuben help the Revolution by

• Convincing the French navy to cut off British supply ships.

• Training the Continental army

• Leading the attack on the British at Saratoga.

• Commanding Continental troops at Bunker Hill.

"When in the Course of Human events, it becomes neessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them to another, and to assume among the powers of the Earth....."

Which important document of the United Staes begins with these words?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• United States Constitution

• The Pledge of Allegiance

Whose writing did Thomas Jefferson rely on when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• John Hume

• John Locke

• Benjamin Franklin