American Revolution Practice

What type of person was invited to the 1st Continental Congress

• Middle-aged, well-educated, property owners

• Scrappy farmers looking to start a revolution

• Former British royalty looking to become the new king

• Mostly wives of the Founding Fathers

Which of these did the 1st Continental Congress do?

• Create a new army

• Put George Washington in charge of the army

• Created a Declaration of Rights

• Made a fire mixtape to rap their issues

What did Samuel Adams help create?

• National Alliance of Truth

• Sons of Liberty

• The Washington Football Team

• Committee of Correspondence

What was Paul Revere's Ride?

• Warned the colonists and minutemen of the incoming British attack

• A route to deliver the news paper using horses and loud screaming

• A path taken to avoid the British and find fresh supplies

• The first guy to buy a pair of Nike's and ran throughout the colonies

When the British attacked Concord and burned down colonists houses in search of weapons what did this do?

• It made the colonists realize they need to listen to England

• Scared the colonists into doing what they're told

• Helped get more colonists on the side of the revolution

• Made it so that cities started building fire stations to prevent this

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• A group of writing arguing the colonists should stay with England

• The first form of government to unite the different colonies

• This made it illegal for the British to tax the colonies

• Made it so that colonists could tax their citizens

What happened at the Second Continental Congress

• The Founding Fathers wrote the constitution

• They wrote the declaration of independence

• They organized an army and placed George Washington in charge

• They sent a formal declaration of war to England

What did the Battle of Bunker Hill do?

• Made the colonists believe they actually had a chance of winning

• Changed how the colonists would fight the British

• Decided that George Washington would be our first president

• Made a new weapon called a cannon

Who wrote "Common Sense"

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Alexander Hamilton

• Aaron Burr

When did the colonists declare independence?

• July 4th, 1876

• July 2nd, 1876

• July 4th, 1776

• July 2nd, 1776