Revolution Begins

Why did the British march on Concord?

• to start war with the Americans

• to put down unrest in the colonies

• to deliver weapons to the colonists

Those who did not want to break away from Britain were called?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Traitors

Why didn’t they want to break away from Britain?

• They wanted to avoid war.

• They were afraid of the British army.

• They thought the king was the rightful ruler.

Why did the British want to capture Bunker Hill?

• The British wanted more land.

• The Americans stored weapons there.

• Boston could easily be attacked from it.

What was the significance of the heavy British losses at the Battle of Bunker Hill?

• The British were able to recruit more soldiers.

• The Americans gained confidence to continue fighting the British.

• The British immediately retreated.

How did the Second Continental Congress try to avoid war with Britain?

• They pointed out everything they disliked about British rule.

• They asked the king to address their complaints.

• They built up the Continental Army.

This document sent to the king was called the ______________________________________?

All of the following are ways the British responded to America’s attempts at reconciliation in 1775, EXCEPT?

• passed the Prohibitory Act

• set all slaves free

• rejected the Olive Branch Petition

• closed American ports to overseas trade

"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind...The laying a Country desolate with Fire and Sword, declaring War against the natural rights of all Mankind, and extirpating (destroying) the Defenders thereof from the Face of the Earth, is the Concern of every Man to whom Nature hath given the power of feeling."

-- In your own words, write a short summary (2 or 3 sentences) about what you believe Thomas Paine was trying to say in this excerpt from Common Sense.

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine promoted all of the following ideas, EXCEPT?

• Monarchies were dangerous.

• America was too large to be ruled by Britain

• America should reconcile with Britain.

• It was America’s destiny to be an independent nation