Am History Exam Review 1

Among the Europeans who came to help the U.S. during the American Revolution, ___ helped train the Continental army to make it a strong force.

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• Bernardo de Galvez

Why did the British army retreat from Boston in March of 1776?

• It was surrounded by the Continental army and its cannons.

• It had too few soldiers and cannons to control the city.

Why did France and Spain decide to help the U.S.?

• 
  The victory at Saratoga meant the colonists could not win the war.

• They hoped to win back the land in N. America lost to Great Britain and proved the colonists could win the war.

What was the main effect of Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense?

• It persuaded many colonists to support independence from Great Britain.

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  It persuaded soldiers in the Continental army to stay until the war ended.

The opening shots of the American Revolution were fired at ____.

• Philidelphia

• Boston

• Concord

• Lexington

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point for the Patriots?

• The Patriots realized they did not need foreign allies.

• The Patriots gained the support of France and Spain.

Which one of these IS part of the Intolerable Acts?

• The colonists must only buy British tea.

• 
  The colonists must pay sugar and molasses tax.

• Massachusetts charter was canceled.

Why did the British think they would experience more success in the southern states later in the American Revolution?

• They planned to use Loyalist support to take control there.

• There were fewer Continental soldiers to fight there.

Who led a group known as the Over Mountain Men on a 120-mile trek to Kashaskia and then an 18 day trek through freezing water to take Fort Sackville?

• John Paul Jones

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Richard Pearson

• George Rogers Clark

Why did Great Britain pass the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townsend Acts?

• to pay for keeping an army in North America and to pay off war debt

• to pay for new roads and canals across North America