Revolutionary Era #3

The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted was:

• 1776

• 1770

• 1777

• 1767

Who told her husband to "remember the ladies" when he was helping to write the Declaration of Independence?

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

• Molly Pitcher

• Deborah Sampson

Chief writer of the Declaration of Independence:

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

• George Washington

Battle that convinced France to join the Patriots in the American Revolution:

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Bull Run

He was a resident of Virginia, a planter, soldier in the French and Indian War, delegate to first and second Continental Congress, Commander of the Continental Army, chairman of the Constitutional Convention. Who is being described?

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Thomas Paine wrote what famous document, that persuaded the colonists to join the cause for independence?

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Olive Branch Petition

Which was NOT a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• quartering of troops

• no trial by jury of peers

• taxation without representation

• unfair balance of trade

Which battle resulted in General Cornwallis being captured and the British surrender, which ended the American Revolution?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Battle of Good and Evil

What agreement ended the American Revolution?

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Albany Plan of Union

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• State of the Union 1765

Who was the "father" of the US Navy?

• John Paul Jones

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson