American Revolution and Constitution Review

This political activist wrote Common Sense, a piece of propaganda written to persuade Americans to fight for independence.

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

• Paul Revere

This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

This is the city where BOTH Continental Congresses met.

• Charleston

• New York City

• Philadelphia

• Boston

What two battles took place before America declared independence?

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Bemis Heights

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

This general commanded the Continental army throughout the American Revolution. He eventually served as the first president of the U.S.A.

• George Washington

• Horatio Gates

• Benedict Arnold

• Marquis de Lafayette

What type of warfare was used by the Americans at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

• Equipment warfare

• Strategic Doctrine warfare

• Ethnic warfare

• Guerilla warfare

The support of this country was invaluable to the Continental Army.

• France

• Germany

• Britain

• Spain

This Proclamation infringed on American liberties. It promised freedom to enslaved black people if they escaped from their Virginia slaveholders and aided the British.

• Fugitive Slave Proclamation

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Lord Dunmore's Proclamation

• Proclamation of 1763

These were organizations in each colony that shared information pertaining to the British and their policies. They created a sense of unity amongst Americans.

• Committees of Correspondence

• Committees of Safety

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

Declaration adopted by the first Continental Congress and demanded the repeal of the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts and the Quebec Act.

• Lord Dunmore's Proclamation

• Suffolk Resolves

• Declaration of Independence

• Second Continental Congress