History Chapter 5 Review

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted

• Colonists from moving back to Great Britain

• The western movement of settlers

• The control of colonial legislatures

• The amount of tea imported from Europe

Who was a former enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Paul Revere

• Fredrick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

Why did Great Britain impose taxes such as the Stamp Act?

• to stop colonial representation in Parliament

• to raise money to pay for the French and Indian War

• to stop British citizens from moving to colonial America

• to raise money to buy more land from the American Indians

One advantage that helped the American colonists win the Revolutionary War was

• they fought with better weapons

• they had weak leadership

• they had an on-going supply of food and shelter

• colonists were defending their own land, principles and beliefs.

What colony did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress?

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• New York

• Massachusetts

According to the Declaration of Independence, government derives its power from

• colonial governors

• the people it governs

• British king

• colonial legislatures

Who said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" ?

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

What significant event happened at the Battles of Lexington and Conord?

• the end of the Revolutionary War

• colonists were shot after taunting British soldiers

• site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War

• the French joined the American colonists in fighting the British

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

• Lord Cornwallis

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Sam Adams

What European countries sent troops to help the Americans fight the British?

• Denmark and Holland

• Italy and Germany

• France and Spain

• Portugal and Switzerland