Topic 4 Study Questions

What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?

• They argued for more taxes
• They moved to the Atlantic Coast
• They resorted to smuggling
• They went to court

What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?

• Coercive Acts
• Continental Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Suffolk Resolves

Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?

• George Mason
• George Stout
• John Adams
• John Locke

Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
• Liberty Affair

After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?

• Battle of Boston
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Concord
• Battle of Lexington

What did the Olive Branch Petition ask the king to do?

• leave America
• protect the colonists' rights
• go to war against France
• stop taxation

What was an advantage for the Americans during the American Revolution?

• A larger army and dominant navy
• An organized and well-trained fighting force
• Fighting on their own land for their own cause
• Greater supplies of weapons and ammunition

On Christmas night in 1776, the Patriots scored a victory at

• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Saratoga

Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?

• Valley Forge
• Boston
• Philidelphia
• Broadway

The volunteer from France who became Washington’s trusted aide was

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Marquis de Lafayette
• John Adams