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Which THREE quotes BEST explain the relationship between the French and Indian War and the American Revolution?

• "It is truly a miserable thing that we no sooner leave fighting our neighbors, the French, but we must fall to quarreling among ourselves." - Reverend Samuel Johnson of Connecticut

• “Indians are the only match for Indians, and without them [on our side] we shall ever fight on unequal terms.” - Colonel George Washington

• “I must confess that in this country, we must comply and learn the art of war from enemy Indians or anything else who have seen the country and war carried on in it.” - British General John Forbes

• "Savages may indeed be a formidable enemy to your raw American militia; but upon the king's regular and disciplined troops, Sir, it is impossible they should make an impression." - British General Edward Braddock

• "The English soldiers... were struck with such a panic that they behaved with more cowardice than it is possible to conceive...The Virginia troops showed a good deal of bravery, and were nearly all killed." - Colonel George Washington

What country gained considerable amounts of land in the 1763 Treaty of Paris?

• Britain

• Spain

Which of the following BEST explains who the Daughters of Liberty were and the role they played in the American Revolution?

• They were wives of American soldiers who followed their husbands onto the battlefield.

• They were women who remained loyal to the British throughout the American Revolution.

• They were women who boycotted British goods, instead producing the goods they needed at home.

• They were wives of American soldiers who took on the jobs of their husbands while they were serving in the Colonial Army.

What was the MOST significant impact of the Committees of Correspondence in the late colonial period?

• They allowed colonial governors and legislatures to communicate with each other quickly in order to avert crises following the passage of new laws.

• They presented an alternative to violent resistance to the laws so that colonists could claim the moral advantage in their disputes with Britain.

• They controlled the newspapers and therefore how acts of resistance and the British response to such acts were reported to the public.

• They organized many colonists who were unhappy with the political situation into more effective groups of resistance.

Which argument of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was MOST effective in persuading undecided colonists to support independence from Britain?

• the idea it was absurd for a smaller territory like Britain to own a larger one like the thirteen colonies

• the idea that the king himself, rather than just Parliament, was corrupt and responsible for the unpopular laws

• the idea that even gaining representation in Parliament would not protect the colonists from economic exploitation and being forced to submit to unjust laws

• the idea that it was unjust for the British government to tax colonists without allowing the colonists to send their own representatives as part of that government

Read this quotation from the Marquis de Lafayette to the French Constituent Assembly (1790).

When the government violates the people’s rights, [rebellion] is... the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensable of duties.

Lafayette’s views were confirmed by which experience?

• his service in George Washington’s army

• his role as the first French ambassador to the United States

• his role in brokering the Treaty of Paris

What was the MOST significant contribution of the Marquis de Lafayette during the American Revolution?

• He helped identify Benedict Arnold as a traitor.

• He became the sole leader of the Continental Army.

• He gained military and naval support from France at the battle of Yorktown.

Why did the British feel that securing the colony of New York would allow them to win the Revolutionary War?

• Possessing New York would allow them to cut the New England colonies off from the other colonies.

• New York’s access to the coast would give the British a safe port in which to receive naval vessels.

What MOST motivated many free Black men to join Patriot militias?

• They agreed with the argument presented in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense about a small country ruling a larger one.

• They wished to protect their homes and communities and believed they would be hanged if the British won.

• They hoped that a Patriot victory would lead to the creation of a new country which would give them more rights.

Which of the following provides an example of how colonial women were MOST useful to both the Continental and British armies?

• Abigail became a cook for a regiment, ensuring they were fed.

• Martha accompanied her husband, an officer, on campaign for moral support.

• Rebecca disguised herself as a man and joined the army she supported as a soldier.

• Sarah took a job sewing and concealed information about troop movements inside buttons.