American Independence Review

Francis Marion and Thomas Sumter harassed the British troops.

• True

• False

The turning point of the Revolutionary War was the American victory at Saratoga.

• True

• False

The colonists who remained loyal to King George throughout the Revolution were called Patriots.

• True

• False

Native Americans, French trappers, and Hessian settlers fought over the Ohio River valley.

• True

• False

The battles at Lexington and Concord started the Revolutionary War in April 1775.

• True

• False

Who became commander in chief of the continental armies?

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the French nobleman who joined the cause for American independence when he was only nineteen?

• James Wolfe

• Joseph Brant

• George Roger Clark

• Marquis de Lafayette

Why were the colonists against the Stamp Act?

• They believed that no free man should be taxed without having a say.

• They believed every citizen deserved a jury trial.

• They believed no one should destroy the personal property of others.

• They believed that the British Parliament should not tell the colonists what tea to buy.

What secret organization worked to oppose the British Parliament's requirements?

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Boston Tea Party

• Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

What document was written to define why the Revolutionary War was being fought?

• Declaration of Independence

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation of 1763