EL M.3 U.1: American Revolution

What is the topic of "Colonial Voices:Hear them Speak?

• Loyalists in the Revolutionary War

• Perspectives on the Revolutionary War

• Patriots in the Revolutionary War

• Tea in the Revolutionary War

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From the list of themes, which is the theme of Colonial Voices:Hear them Speak"

• the patriots were the most popular side of the Revolutionary War

• The Loyalists were the most popular side in the Revolutionary War.

• War can divide a county, a city, neighbors, friends, and families.

• War can make people want to drink tea.

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Why did the American Revolution begin?

• because British soldiers were tired of being in the colonies and wanted a war

• because John Adams wanted independence

• because people in the American colonies wanted to fight for their rights

• because the American colonies didnt have very much money

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Which detail from "Revolutionary War, Part 1" best supports the correct answer of why did the American Revolution begin?

• the war started as a fight for the rights of English people in Britains 13 American colonies

• John Adams was the strongest supporter of American independence

• British troops fired on American Colonists in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

• They created a new nation: the United States of America.

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What did the African American slaves fight for?

• They were against the tea tax

• they wanted their own government and laws

• American indepdenence

• wanted freedom from slavery

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What did the White colonists fight for?

• used as scouts and spies

• they wanted their own government and laws

• Made to fight in their masters place

• wanted freedom from slavery

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Choose the best answer that describes the side that the Native Americans were on in the American Revolution

• Some were on the Americans side

• Some were on the British side

• Some were neautral

• Some were on the American side and some were on the British side.

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What was the American Indians (Native Americans) MAIN reason for joining the war.

• They supported the Americans

• They supported the British.

• They did not join the war.

• They fought from their land and freedom.

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Which sentence states the main idea of "American Indians and the American Revolution"?

• Most American Indians wanted the British to win.

• Most American Indians wanted the colonists to win.

• The American Revolution was between the British and the American Indians for their land.

• American Indians were treated badly for fighting to protect their freedom and land.

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Which detail from the text bests supports the main idea of "American Indians and the American Revolution"?

• The revolution became a civil war for the Iroquois, as Oneidas clashed with Senecas at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777

• Indians knew that the revolution was about Indian land as well as freedom.

• Some sided with the Americans and those who allied with the crown did so only to protect their homelands.

• Ohio Indians allied with the British.

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