Test Review 4.1 & 4.2

colonists who chose to fight for independence

• Tories

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Neutralists

army created by the Second Continental Congress to carry out the fight against Britain

• Redcoats

• militia

• Continental Army

• minutemen

Where was the first battle of the American Revolution?

• Boston

• Lexington

• NYC

• Trenton

Who did the Second Continental Congress appoint as Commander of the Continental Army?

• Thomas Paine

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Who is considered the main author of the Declaration of Independence

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Thomas Paine's Common Sense led many colonial leaders to

• agree to follow British laws

• hold the First Continental Congress

• challenge British authority

• stop boycotting

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

• Common Sense

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

Most Native Americans sided with the

• British

• Colonists

Common Sense argued that laws should be made by

• kings and queens

• church leaders

• male landowners

• citizens

According to the Declaration of Independence, what gives governments their power?

• consent of the governed (people)

• consent of congress

• consent of the king

• consent of the president