American Revolution Review

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

• George Washington

• Lord Cornwallis

• Patrick Henry

• Sam Adams

Use the map to answer the question: What important event occurred at the site shown on the map?

• the British won the Revolutionary War

• the battle that marked the end of the Revolutionary War

• Boston Tea Party

• the signing of the Declaration of Independence

What European country sent troops to help the Americans fight the British?

• Denmark and Holland

• Italy and Germany

• France

• Portugal and Switzerland

Colonists opposed taxes from Great Britain because the –

• colonies had no representation in Parliament

• taxes were not high enough

• British people had no representation in Parliament

• colonists wanted American Indians and French to pay all the taxes

What are the "certain unalienable rights" (rights that cannot be taken away) stated in the Declaration of Independence?

• life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

• voting, representation, elections

• bear arms, free speech, trial by jury

• education, slavery, taxation

Who was the British king during the Revolutionary War?

• Henry VIII

• James I

• Charles IV

• George III

Benjamin Franklin was a prominent member of the Continental Congress who helped –

• warn the colonists of the British arrival

• gain French support for American independence

• secure money from Holland to finance the American Revolutionary War

• the British king fight against the American colonists

What battle that ended with an American victory was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Quebec

• Battle of Saratoga

Maintaining British troops in the colonies was a reason for –

• taxing the American colonists

• forbidding colonists to move west

• the French and Indian War

• colonial militias to form

What does the Declaration of Independence state people have a right to do if a government violates their personal rights?

• replace the President with a king

• re-write the constitution

• change the government

• hold a new election