Chapter 4 American Revolution Grade 4

Colonists that chose to side with the British

• Patriots
• Mercenaries
• Minutemen
• Loyalists

Gathering of colonial delegates that sought to find a way to solve their problems with Britain.

• Olive Branch Petition 
• 1st & 2nd Continental Congress 
• Continental Army
• Town Meetings

 What document formally announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain?

• Olive Branch Petition 
• Stamp Act Congress 
•  Declaration of Independence
• Common Sense

Foreign soldiers hired by the British to fight against the Patriots

• Mercenaries
• Loyalists
• Minutemen
• Patriots

What city were the First and Second Continental Congress held?

• Philadelphia
• New York
• Charleston
• Boston

Battle where Britain won but realized the Colonists were not going to be easy to defeat

• Battle of Trenton
  
• Battle of Saratoga
  
• Battle of Bunker Hill
  
• Battle of Lexington
  

Who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet  inspired colonial leaders to challenge British authority?

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

Military force that included soldiers from all the colonies and would fight against the British

• Continental Army
  
• Patriots Cause
  
• Loyalists Army
  
• Militia

The Battle of Lexington is important because it  was the

• last battle of the Revolution
  
•  Patriots victory
  
• first battle of the Revolution
  
• after the war was over

Comte de Rochambeau helped block the British from escaping at the Battle of Yorktown

• True
• False