Revolutionary War Study Guide

Americans objected to paying new taxes imposed because

• landowners shouldn't have to pay them

• they couldn't afford the associated costs with the taxes

• they thought local governments only had the right to tax

• they were unable to vote for representatives who passed them

____________ supported opposition to the Stamp Act by writing plays criticizing

British greed

• Samuel Adams

• Mary Ludwig Hayes

• Abigail Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

Patrick Henry's role in the years leading up to the American Revolution was as

• the leader of the Boston Tea Party

• the person who warned the Patriots the British were coming

• an early supporter of American independence

• author of the Declaration

the first battles of the American Revolution were __________ and _____________

• Lexington

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Concord

• Bunker Hill

• Dorchester Heights

______________ was chosen by the 2nd Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army

• Patrick Henry

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Comte de Rochambeau

In a pamphlet titled ___________ published in January of 1776, ___________ argued

against having a monarchy and for independence.

• Common Sense

• Benjamin Franklin

• The American Crisis

• Thomas Paine

• Haym Salomon

the main author of the Declaration of Independence was __________

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Which of the following were points made in the Declaration of Independence?

• KG3 passed unfair laws

• enslaved people had the right to be free

• Native Americans deserved to be treated equally

• KG3 had broken the Social Contract

• All people have unalienable rights

Fort Sackville was a victory by the ___________

• Continental Army

• Redcoats

New York was a victory by the ____________

• Continental Army

• Redcoats