American Pageant Chapter 8 quiz

Who was chosen as the first leader of the Continental Army?

• John Jay

• Baron Von Steuben

• George Washington

• John Burgoyne

The German mercenary soldiers who fought for the British were called what?

• Hessians

• Persians

• Brigadiers

• Loyalists

The colonists were forced to abandon Bunker Hill because:

• The weather became violent and threatened their lives

• The German mercenaries stole all of their ammunition

• War ships landed at the harbor, and could shoot cannons at Bunker Hill easily

• The colonists simply ran out of ammunition and gunpowder

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What was "The Olive Branch Petition" adopted by the Continental Congress in July of 1775?

• A promise to pay all of the back taxes owed by the wealthiest colonists

• A request for all of the hostilities between the British and the colonists to come to an end.

• A request for tea and other goods destroyed by the colonists to be replaced

• A promise that no more German mercenaries would be used against the colonists

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Written by Thomas Paine, one of the most influential pamphlets written about the need for independence was titled:

• "The Need to Break with England"

• "The Real Reasons for Independence"

• "The Republicanism"

• "Common Sense"

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Thomas Paine favored what type of government for the colonies?

• A monarchy

• A republic

• A dictatorship

• Anarchy

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The initial resolution for independence was brought to the Continental Congress by whom?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

• Thomas Paine

• Richard Henry Lee

Whom did the Continental Congress appoint to write a formal statement of separation from Britain?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

• Thomas Paine

• Richard Henry Lee

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The Declaration of Independence states that George III had deprived the Colonists of what?

• Military assistance

• The natural rights of mankind

• Opportunities to return to Britain for Loyalists

• Reimbursement for confiscated British goods

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The Patriots actually fought which two groups?

• The French and the Iroquois

• The French and the Hessians

• The Loyalists and the British

• The British and the French