American Revolution, Unit 4

Military Leader of the continental army?

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

• John Paul Jones

Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

British author who immigrated to the colonies prior to the start of the war.Wrote the pamphlet,common sense,which urged the colonists to go to war with Great Britain for their Independence

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Wife of John Adams; known for her letters to her husband that served as primary accounts of Revolutionary life

• Abigail Adams
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Martha Washington
• Marquis de Lafayette

The French and Indian War cost King George and Great Britain a lot of money. To help pay for the war, the British colonies were ordered to-

• give up their food
• work for free
• become a part of the Army
• pay taxes without representation

A snowball fight between the colonists and soldiers in Boston that ended in 5 colonists being killed was called

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Party
• Boston Parliament

The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. This event was known as 

• the Boston Tea Party
• the Stamp Act
• Committees of Correspondence
• Boston Massacre

What was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown?

• It led to the British surrender and marked the end of the Revolutionary War

• It was the first formal battle of the Revolutionary War

• It paved the way for France to enter the war on the colonists' side

• It resulted in the capture of Charleston, South Carolina by the British

King George III

• Wealthy, French Nobleman, who volunteered to serve in Washington’s army, trained troops, and gave financial aid.

• Unanimously chosen as the leader of the entire American Continental Army, during the Revolution.

• King of Great Britain during the American Revolution.

Why did England start placing taxes on the colonies?

• To pay the cost for new buildings

• To show colonists who is in charge

• To build roads in the Ohio River Valley

• To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War