Social Studies Benchmark 1Review

First battle of the American Revolution

• Yorktown

• Lexington

• Saratoga

What group used violence and threats to enforce boycotts before the Revolutionary War?

• Massachusetts Militia

• Sons of Liberty

• Second Continental Congress

Great inventor, scientist, writer, and Philadephia's most famous citizen

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

"No taxation without representation!" was a protest against

• Colonial boycotts

• Laws like the Stamp Act

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

The flatland area that runs along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean is the

• Great Plains

• Continental Divide

• Atlantic Coastal Plains

The Declaration of Independence states that all people have a natural right to

• the pursuit of happiness

• a trial by jury

• free speech

Who wrote most of The Declaration of Independence?

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

During the American Revolution, which battle led to France decided to help the Americans?

• Trenton

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Concord

How did the Daughter's of Liberty show their anger?

• Boycotts

• Fundraising

• Making cloth

• All of the above

What feature helped George Washington win the Battle of Yorktown?

• Mississippi River

• Atlantic Ocean

• Open fields

• High ground