Colonization and American Revolution Quiz

The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because it

• brought France into the war as an American ally.
• ended General Burgoyne's career.
• liberated Georgia from British control.
• forced the British to leave Canada.

After the Treaty of Paris 1783, what was the new natural boundary of the United States?

• Appalachian Moutains
• Ohio River Valley
• Mississippi River
• Great Lakes

What are your 3 Unalienable Rights, as expressed by Thomas Jefferson?

• Peace, Love and Joy
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Life, Leadership and Pursuit of Happiness
• Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

Who led the Continental army?

• John Adams

• George III

• George Washington

• Charles Cornwallis

What was the last major battle of the American Revolution?

• Trenton

• Saratoga

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

What agreement officially ended the American Revolution?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Washington

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp and Sugar Acts?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

To protest the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty organized the ...

• Boston Massacre
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Tea Party

What document said that the colonists could not move WEST of the Appalachian Mountain?

• Declaration of Independence
• Proclamation of 1763
• Charter of 1732

Paul Revere's image of the Boston Massacre was used as . . .

• anti-British propaganda

• anti-Colonist propaganda

• pro-redcoat propaganda

• pro-redcoat propaganda