American Revolution Review

What caused many colonists become dissatisfied with Great Britain?

• Great Britain expanding control over the colonies.

• Great Britain would not let the colonies become independent.

• Great Britain let the colonies become independent.

• Colonists were not unhappy with Great Britian.

What was something that caused the colonists to become dissatisfied with Great Britain?

• British Taxes

• The French and Indian War

• British Tea

• The Stamp Act

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• George Washington

This event in March 1770 shocked and outraged colonists.

• Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

Colonists lead by Sam Adams protested the Tea Act with an event known as the...

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Harbor Protest

• Boston Declaration of Independence

What did colonists at the Frist Continental Congress decide to do?

• ask to be heard in the British Government

• declare independence from Great Britain

• ask the French for help

• nothing

The first armed conflict of the American Revolution happened at what battles?

• Lexington and Concord

• Bunker Hill and Saratoga

• Yorktown and Gettysburg

• Valley Forge and Appomattox

Colonists at the Second Continental Congress decided the only choice they had was to do what?

• declare independence from Great Britain.

• ask to be heard in the British government.

• overthrow the monarchy.

• nothing

The Declaration of Independence says that people have "Unalienable Rights." These are rights that... (choose 2)

• All people have

• Cannot be taken away

• Do not really exist

• Can never be achieved

What 3 "Unalienable Rights" dose the Declaration of Independence say all people have?

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Unlimited Unicorns