The Revolution Begins

Why did General Thomas Gage send troops to Lexington and Concord?

• to seize weapons and arrest patriot leaders

• to meet with local leaders

• to buy weapons and pay Paul Revere

Paul Revere and ____________________rode from Boston to Concord to warn the militia that the British were coming.

• John Hancock

• Samuel Adams

• William Dawes

Who fought in the Revolutionary War?

• The British against the colonists

• The French against the British

• The colonists against the Native Americans

How did Benedict Arnold take Fort Ticonderoga?

• He led troops to battle with the British.

• He made a sneak attack with the help of Ethan Allen

The _______________________were colonists that supported or wanted independence from Great Britain.

• Loyalists

• Patriots

The ______________________were colonists that did not want to separate from Great Britain. They were still loyal to Great Britain.

• Militia

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Minutemen

In July 1775, delegates of the Second Continental Congress sent the ____________to King George 3rd asking him to repeal his laws and policies for the colonies. He refused to read it.

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

Locke believed that all people had three natural rights. What are they?

• LIfe, Liberty, and Property

• Live, Laugh, Love

• Money, Property, Religion

Who wrote "Common Sense" a pamphlet that inspired many to become patriots?

• Thomas Gage

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• A document that lists the reasons the colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain.

• A document that declares the colonies independence from each other.

• A document that lists crimes that the Parliament committed against the King.