Unit 5: The American Revolution

What is the period of conflict and war between the American colonies and Great Britain, lasting from 1775 to 1783?

• Boston Tea Party

• American Revolution

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

Which event in 1770 involved British soldiers firing into a crowd of colonists, increasing tensions between the colonies and Britain?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

In 1773, American colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. What is this event called?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

Who were the group of American colonists that opposed British taxation and other forms of control, often using protests and boycotts?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Neutralists

What term is used for American colonists who supported independence from British rule and were willing to fight for it?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Neutralists

• Minutemen

Who were the American colonists that remained loyal to the British crown during the American Revolution?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Neutralists

What is the official document written in 1776, declaring the American colonies' independence from British rule?

• Treaty of Paris

• Boston Tea Party

• Declaration of Independence

• American Revolution

What is the treaty that ended the American Revolution in 1783 and recognized the United States as an independent nation?

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Boston Tea Party

• American Revolution

What term describes those who wanted to stay out of the conflict between the American colonists and the British, taking neither side?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Neutralists

• Minutemen

Fill in the blank: The Declaration of Independence was written in ____.

• 1770

• 1776

• 1780

• 1783