American Revolution Test Review

What is Parliament

• The British Government

• The European Government

• The American Government

• The French Government

Parliament believed it had they had the right to...

• Give money to the colonies

• Help the colonies

• Break away from the colonies

• Tax the colonies

Colonists thought they should not be taxed without

• Splitting from England

• Help from the government

• Representation (a say in how the money was being spent)

• Running away

Thomas Jefferson wrote the __

• Declaration of Independence

• The Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Speech

• Constitution

• The Help the Colonists Win Speech

The Declaration of Independence Says All People are Created Equal and have rights to ______, ____, and the ___________.

• Life, money, and a house

• Freedom that you can die for

• Liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and freedom from taxes

• Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The Continental Army was

• The British army

• The colonists' army

• The French army

• The Spanish army

Taxes is...

• Money the government gives you

• Money the government steals from you

• Money you pay the government that they throw away

• Money you pay to the government so they can do their job

George Washington was the ___ of the Continental Army

• Commander-in-chief

• president

• fighter

• helper

Who said "give me liberty or give me death!"?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Washington

• James Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

Who was a French Nobleman who helped us win the battle of Yorktown

• Patrick Henry

• James Lafayette

• George Washington

• Marquis de Lafayette