American Revolution

·Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...

• explain to Britain why they should end the quartering act

• influence more people to join the independence movement.

• to join the Loyalist party

• abide by the Intolerable acts

American colonists thought it was unfair that they had to ____________ to pay off Great Britain's war debt.

• sell land

• cut spending

• sell livestock

• pay taxes

The ​ (a)   Continental​ (b)   urged colonists to ​ (c)   themselves and create ​ (d)   to fight the British.

• First
• Congress
• arm
• militias

Reorder the following

• Second Continental Congress

• Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense"

• American Revolutionary War Begins

• First Continental Congress

• British defeated at Yorktown

The _________________ are the first US Constitution.

• Articles of Confederation
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence

Which country helped the US defeat the British?

• France
• Germany
• Russia
• Portugal

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's words "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" were inspired by what Enlightenment philosopher?

• Rousseau
• Voltaire
• John Locke
• Immanuel Kant

The Treaty of Paris:

• Started the American Revolutionary War
• Had no impact on the American Revolutionary War
• Was signed by France and England
• Ended the American Revolutionary War

The Articles of Confederation were replaced by our current Constitution because...

• The Articles of Confederation were too strong and centralized power too much.
• The Articles of Confederation were too expensive to maintain.
• The Articles of Confederation were too complicated and difficult to understand.
• The Articles of Confederation were too weak to effectively govern the country.