Unit 3 Assessment Review

Q. Thomas Jefferson was the main author of what important document in 1776?

• U. S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

• Treaty of Paris

What were colonists called that wanted to stay loyal to the British King?

• Red Coats

• Minutemen

• Continental Soldiers

• Loyalists/Torries

Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord important?

• They ended the French and Indian War

• They were the last battles of the American Revolution

• They took place in Virginia

• They were the first battles of the American Revolution

Why did Britain want to tax the colonists?

• The British needed to make back the money to pay for The French and Indian War

• The colonists had more money than the British

• The British wanted to punish the colonists for wanting to be their own country.

Thomas Paine published_________________ to encourage more people to join the independence movement.

• Common Core

• Common Sense

• Common Knowledge

• Common Hero

The toughest winter where many died from hunger and freezing to death for the Continental Army took place where?

• Yorktown

• NYC

• Princeton

• Valley Forge

Who was the King during the American Revolution

• King Edward III

• King Samuel III

• King George III

• King Henry III

The Thirteen Colonies were fighting for freedom from England. What is another word for freedom?

• liberty

• taxes

• patriot

• loyalty

Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This led to some colonists taking action, such as the Boston tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists began making their own tea

• Colonists purchased tea from other countries

• Colonists paid taxes on British tea

• Colonists dressed as Indians and destroyed the tea by tossing it off the ship and into Boston Harbor

The British surrendered to General Washington to end the war at __________________

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Trenton

• Philadelphia