American Revolution

The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because it

• brought France into the war as an American ally.
• ended General Burgoyne's career.
• liberated Georgia from British control.
• forced the British to leave Canada.

In the Treaty of Paris, the Americans won their independence and

• the right to strip Loyalists of their property.
• a pledge that future conflicts with Britain would be settled peacefully.
• the return of all taxes collected by Britain before the war.
• all the territory lying to the east of the Mississippi River.

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

• Guilford Courthouse

• Trenton

• Yorktown

• Lexington & Concord

Military Leader of the continental army?

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

• John Paul Jones

Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Famous for saying,"Give me liberty,or give me death!" in a speech urging Virginia to join the war against Great Britain.

• Patrick Henry

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• George Washington

British author who immigrated to the colonies prior to the start of the war.Wrote the pamphlet,common sense,which urged the colonists to go to war with Great Britain for their Independence

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

African American double spy who provided information about British movement, as well as, information leading to British defeat at Yorktown.

• Crispus Attucks
• James Armistead
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Bernardo de Galvez

Wife of John Adams; known for her letters to her husband that served as primary accounts of Revolutionary life

• Abigail Adams
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Martha Washington
• Marquis de Lafayette

Author of "Common Sense" and " American Crisis" 

• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington