Revolutionary War Quizizz Practice #2 (2022)

In 1776, which document did the colonists write to tell England that they wanted to be free from British rule?

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• United States Constitution

Why did many enslaved African Americans support the British in fighting the Revolutionary War?

• They hoped after the war they would be free.

• Peter Salem told them to join the Continental Army.

• The British army would not allow them to join.

• King George III had asked them to be spies for the British.

What name was given to colonists that opposed British rule?

• Boycott

• Militia

• Loyalist

• Patriot

What name was given to a colonist that supported the rule of King George?

• Militia

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Boycott

What is the name of the group that lived in Britain, but passed laws that impacted the colonists in America?

• Songs of Liberty

• Patriots

• First Continental Congress

• Parliament

Who was the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Paul Revere
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Hancock

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

• George Washington
• Lord Cornwallis
• Samuel Adams
• Paul Revere

Why was the signing of the Declaration of Independence a dangerous thing to do?

• There was a chance that not many people would sign it.t

• It was an agreement with George III
• Those men who signed it belonged to another country.
• Those who signed it would be considered traitors by King George and Parliament.

Who was an enslaved African American who spied on the British?

• George Washington

• Marquis DeLafayette

• James Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

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

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington