ROAD to REVOLUTIONARY WAR for INDEPENDENCE

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A society of colonists who did not wish to break free from Britain

• A group of Patriots who protested British laws

• A society of scholars who wrote pamphlets

• A group of diplomats who tried to gain foreign support

On the night of March 18, 1775, a force of 900 British soldiers left Boston in search of a major colonial storehouse rumored to be located where?

• Cambridge

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington

• Concord

How did the members of the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British?

• They created the Continental Army to fight the British.

• They would pay George Washington to negotiate with the British.

• They would print new money to pay off the British.

• They would pay foreign countries to fight the British.

What effect did Thomas Paine's pamphlet have on Colonial leaders?

• It caused them to reject enlightenment ideas

• It inspired colonists to challenge Brish authority.

• It explained the benefits of a monarchy.

• Persuaded them to obey British laws.

Why did Thomas Jefferson feel the colonists had the right to break away from Great Britain?

• He believed in anarchy

• Great Britain did not protect the rights of the colonists.

• Jefferson did not believe that social contract should be obeyed.

• Great Britain did not want the colonies any longer.

Why was the phrase, "taxation without representation" so important to the revolutionary cause?

• Colonists did not wish to support a government in which they had no voice in Parliament.

• Great Britain would have ended taxtion if the olonist would remain peaceful.

• Colonists believe that Great Britain should only tax certain items.

• Great Brtain only taxed the colonists to force a war.

Which group felt that the coloies did not need independence?

• Loyalists

• Minutement

• Patriots

• Mercenaries

The French announced their support for the United States after the American victory at

• Boston

• Saratoga

• Philadephia

• Valley Forge

Which event led to the meeting of the first Continental Congress?

• Publication of Common Sense

• The "shot heard around the world"

• The passage of the Port Bill

• Rejection of stamp act petition

How did the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British

• They would create the Continental Army to fight against the British.

• They would pay George Washington to negotiate with the British.

• They would print money to pay off the British.

• They would ask their allies to fight with them.