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Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

• Joseph Brant
• George Washington
• James Forten
• John Paul Jones

What was the last battle of the revolution?

• Lexington

• Yorktown

• Georgetown

• Saratoga

Who were the Loyalists?

• Colonists who wanted to stay part of the British Empire

• Colonists who wanted to tax British soldiers

• Colonists who wanted to be independent of the British Empire

• Colonists who wanted to move west of the Appalachian Mountains

Why did the British tax the colonies so heavily after the French and Indian War?

• To get extra tea and sugar

• To force the Patriots to surrender

• To create anger in the colonies

• To pay off war debt

The Battle of Lexington/Concord was the...

• turning point of the Revolutionary War.

• first battle of the Revolutionary War

• first battle of the Civil War

• last battle of the Revolutionary War

What battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

• Yorktown

• Gettysburg

• Saratoga

• Lexington/Concord

Place these events in the correct order:
A. Battle of Yorktown
B. Battle of Lexington and Concord
C. Battle of Saratoga

• C, B, A
• B, C, A
• B, A, C
• A, B, C

What document officially ended the Revolutionary War?

• Treaty of Paris
• Stamp Act
• Declaration of Independence
   

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

• that colonists could not tax the British because Parliament was in England
• that Britain should not be able to tax the colonists since the colonists did not have a voice in British Parliament
• that coloists needed to receive a bill before they would pay their taxes

Use the map above. According to the Proclamation of 1763, in which area were the colonists forbidden to settle?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4