American Revoution Review

What battle marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War?

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington & Concord

• Yorktown

• Charleston

Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?

• to make laws in the colonies

• to surrender to the British

• to convince the colonists to fight for independence

• to persuade the colonists to support King George

What document first officially proclaimed American independence from Britain?

• Treaty of Paris

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

What document officially ended the war?

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• Constitution

What was the effect of the American victory at Saratoga?

• British received a shipment of food and supplies to help them.

• British surrounded the Americans and defeated them.

• Patriots retreated to rest and recover.

• It was the turning point in the war for the Patriots and France began to help.

What was the result of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

• The Patriots retreated and lost the hill and lost more men.

• The British retreated and lost the hill but the Patriots lost more men.

• The British retreated and lost the hill but lost more men.

• The Patriots retreated/lost the hill but the British lost more men.

Who was Patrick Henry?

• I am a French solider who fought with the Americans and George Washington

• I am famous for saying "The British are coming"

• I said "Give me liberty or give me death"

• I wrote most of the Declaration of Independence

Who was Marquis de Lafayette?

• I wrote most of the Declaration of Independence

• I said "Give me liberty or give me death"

• I am a writer, postmaster, inventor, scientist, and helped write the Declaration of Independence

• I am a French solider who fought with the Americans and George Washington

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

• I wrote most of the Declaration of Independence

• I am famous for saying "The British are coming"

• I said "Give me liberty or give me death"

• I am a writer, postmaster, inventor, scientist, and helped write the Declaration of Independence.

Which man was a writer, postmaster, inventor, and helped write the Declaration of Independence?

• Ben Franklin

• Paul Revere

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Thomas Jefferson