American Revolutionary War Concepts

The Olive Branch Petition was drafted by who?

• The colonist army

• The delegates that were still loyal to King James III

• The Native Americans

• The enslaved people

Thomas Paine wrote which important American Document?

• Total Recall

• Common Ancestors

• Common Sense

What was the main goal of the Common Sense pamphlet?

• To tell the colonists how to live

• To help convince the colonists that they needed independence from Britain.

• To tell the colonists that they should be loyal to the king

Finish this quote from the Declaration of Independence:

"All men are created ____"

• equal

• different

• better than animals

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• 1776

• 1781

• 1783

• 1775

an uprising, going against a government or authority openly and/or violently

• confederation

• rebellion

• convention

• representation

Finish this Quote from the Declaration of Independence:

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of ______."

• Cheese

• Isaac

• Happiness

• Sadness

The King loved the Olive Branch Petition

• True

• False

What did the colonists name their new nation?

• The United States of America

• Myanmar

• Thailand

• Canada

What was the main goal of the Declaration of Independence?

• To declare the United States independent from England

• To ask the King for forgiveness

• To declare that they wanted to take over Canada