US Honors Module 3 Test Review

During which event did the first fighting between redcoats and minutemen occur?

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Monmouth

• Battle of Bunker Hill

Which European country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary War?

• Italy

• France

• Germany

• Spain

Which event confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation?

• the New Jersey Plan

• the Treaty of Paris

• the Olive Branch Petition

• the British surrender at Yorktown

How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?

• Housewives began to boycott British tea.

• An angry mob in Boston harassed British soldiers.

• Assemblies in the colonies set up committees of correspondence.

• The First Continental Congress drew up a declaration of colonial rights.

Whose concepts did Jefferson draw upon as he drafted the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke's

• Benjamin Franklin's

• Samuel Adams's

• Marquis de Lafayette's

The formation of the Sons of Liberty was a response to

• the Intolerable Acts.

• the Stamp Act.

• the Quartering Act.

• the Townshend Acts.

The document that was crucial in changing public opinion to support independence was

• an account of the Battle of Lexington.

• the Olive Branch Petition.

• John Locke's Two Treatises on Government.

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

The Continental Army scored its first and much-needed victory at

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Trenton, New Jersey.

• New York City.

• Albany, New York.

The involvement of the Marquis de Lafayette in the war meant that

• George Washington had failed as a leader.

• American troops would now be better trained.

• American troops would gain reinforcements.

• France would dictate the terms of the peace treaty.

The Boston Massacre was a response to

• the stationing of British soldiers in Boston.

• the dumping of British tea in Boston Harbor.

• an editorial written by Samuel Adams.

• the British seizure of the ship Liberty.