Revolutionary War Review

What English enlightenment thinker influenced Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Sam Adams

• William Shakespeare

What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense?

• To declare our independence from GB

• To encourage colonists to support the king and become loyalists

• To encourage colonists to join the war and become Patriots

• To make slavery illegal

What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• To punish colonists for not paying their taxes

• To encourage colonists to become loyalists

• To reward the colonists for good behavior

What two battles started the Revolutionary War?

• Yorktown and Saratoga

• Lexington and Concord

• Lexington and Saratoga

• Yorktown and Monmouth

What was the final major battle in the Revolutionary War?

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Monmouth

• Trenton

Who defended the British soldiers who killed colonists in the Boston Massacre?

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

What was the tax called that was put on newspapers and official paper documents sold in the American colonies?

• Quartering Act

• Paper Act

• Intolerable Act

• Stamp Act

What is the letter called that John Adams wrote to King George the third of England asking for a peaceful resolution to the war in 1776, 5 years before the war ended?

• Common Sense

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• First Continental Congress

Why was Saratoga considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War?

• European countries like France and Spain became our allies

• It was our first major victory

• It was the final battle of the war

• It was the first battle of the war

Who defended the British soldiers who killed colonists during the Boston Massacre?

• Sam Adams

• John Locke

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry